Cribrous
Origin
From Latin cribrum ("sieve")
Full definition of cribrous
Adjective
cribrous
- (rare, usually in anatomy, anatomical descriptions) Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
- 1909, Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson, Normal Histology and Microscopical Anatomy, Appleton & Co., p. 570:At the posterior pole of the eye the sclera is pierced by the optic nerve, whose numerous bundles penetrate the coats of the eyeball and give to this portion of the sclera a cribrous appearance.