VOMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vomer mean? 

• VOMER (noun)
  The noun VOMER has 1 sense:

1. thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum

  Familiarity information: VOMER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vomer" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("vomer" is a part of...):

nasal septum (a partition of bone and cartilage between the nasal cavities)

skull (the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates)