Found 2 items, similar to Odontoid process.
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Definition: odontoid process
odontoid process
n : a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Odontoid process
Odontoid
\O*don"toid\, a. [Gr. ?; 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth +
e'i^dos form: cf. F. odonto["i]de.] (Anat.)
(a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.
(b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid
process.
[1913 Webster]
Odontoid bone (Anat.), a separate bone, in many reptiles,
corresponding to the odontoid process.
Odontoid process, or
Odontoid peg (Anat.), the anterior
process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in
birds and mammals. See
Axis.
[1913 Webster]