Cribriform
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Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with hokes;as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress.Cribriform cells (Bot.), those which have here and there oblique ortransverse sieve plates, or places perforated with many holes.
Cribriform meaning & definition 1 of Cribriform.
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(of a part of the body) containing a lot of holes
Cribriform meaning & definition 2 of Cribriform.
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Denoting an anatomical structure that is pierced by numerous small holes, in particular the plate of the ethmoid bone through which the olfactory nerves pass.
Cribriform meaning & definition 3 of Cribriform.