cribriform

From Latin cribrum (“sieve”) + -form.

cribriform (comparative more cribriform, superlative most cribriform)

1. Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.

   the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress

   • 1876, Jules Verne, chapter 11, in Edward Roth, transl., All Around the Moon:

     "To conclude this portion of our investigation therefore," cried Barbican, clearing his throat, and occupying Aldan's right ear,—"the Moon's surface is a honey combed, perforated, punctured—"
     "A fistulous, a rugose, salebrous,—" cut in the Captain, close on the left.
     —"And highly cribriform superficies—" cried Barbican.
     —"A sieve, a riddle, a colander—" shouted the Captain.

• cribrous

• cribriform plate

Borrowed from French cribiforme.

cribriform m or n (feminine singular cribriformă, masculine plural cribriformi, feminine and neuter plural cribriforme)

1. cribriform