Ethiop
(E"thi*op E`thi*o"pi*an) , n. [L. Aethiops, Gr. to burn + face.] A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also,
in a general sense, a negro or black man.
Ethiopian
(E`thi*o"pi*an, E`thi*op"ic) a. Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.
Ethiopic
(E`thi*op"ic), n. The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire
(in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.
Ethiops
(E"thi*ops) n. [NL. See Ethiop.] (Old Chem.) A black substance; formerly applied to various
preparations of a black or very dark color. [Written also Æthiops.] [Obs.]
Ethiops martial (Old Chem.), black oxide of iron. Ethiops mineral (Old Chem.), black sulphide
of mercury, obtained by triturating mercury with sulphur. Ethiops per se (Old Chem.), mercury in
finely divided state, having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by shaking it up or by exposure
to the air.
Ethmoid
(Eth"moid Eth*moid"al) a. [Gr. like a sieve; sieve + from: cf. F. ethmoïde, ethmoïdal.] (Anat.)
(a) Like a sieve; cribriform. (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.
Ethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of
the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.
Ethmoid
(Eth"moid) n. (Anat.) The ethmoid bone.
Ethmotrubinal
(Eth`mo*tru"bi*nal) a. [Ethmoid + turbinal.] See Turbinal. - - n. An ethmoturbinal
bone.
Ethmovomerine
(Eth`mo*vo"mer*ine) n. [Ethmoid + vomerine.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the region of the
vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull.
Ethmovomerine plate (Anat.), a cartilaginous plate beneath the front of the fetal brain which the ethmoid
region of the skull is developed.