odontoid
of or resembling a tooth; toothlike.
Origin of odontoid
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How to use odontoid in a sentence
The cervical rib (fig. 41, 9) articulates with two little irregularities on the odontoid process.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsIn Lacertilia and Crocodilia (fig. 41, 3) the axis has a well-marked odontoid process.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe atlas is small and ring-like, and its centrum is fused with the axis forming the odontoid process.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe axis has a long odontoid process and a high compressed neural spine (fig. 69, B, 4).
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe axis has a prominent spine and odontoid process and short transverse processes.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for odontoid
/ (ɒˈdɒntɔɪd) /
toothlike
of or relating to the odontoid process
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