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Vomer: A triangular bone in the nasal septum. The bone was so named because it was thought to look like a ploughshare, the part of the plow that cuts the furrow. Vomer is the Latin word for ploughshare.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( vŠ' mər ) n. A thin flat bone forming the inferior and posterior part of the nasal septum and dividing the nostrils ...
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noun Anatomy . a bone of the skull in most vertebrates, in humans forming a large part of the septum between the right and left cavities of the nose. Origin: 1695 ...
vomer /vo·mer/ (vo´mer) [L.] the unpaired flat bone that forms the inferior and posterior part of the nasal septum. vo´merine. vo·mer (v m r) n. A thin flat bone ...
Definition of VOMER: a bone of the skull of most vertebrates that is situated below the ethmoid region and in the human skull forms part of the nasal septum