odontoid
Americanadjective
adjective
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toothlike
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of or relating to the odontoid process
Etymology
Origin of odontoid
First recorded in 1700–10, odontoid is from the Greek word odontoeidḗs “toothlike.” See odont-, -oid
Example Sentences
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Put the right forefinger of the other hand up through the front part to represent the odontoid process of the axis, and place some absorbent cotton through the other part to represent the spinal cord.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
When this occurs suddenly, the odontoid process may impinge on the medulla and upper part of the cord and cause sudden death.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
In development the centrum of the axis ossifies from one centre, and the odontoid, peg from another, which at that time occupies the position of centrum of the atlas.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
On the upper surface of the axis, the second vertebra, is a peg or process, called the odontoid process from its resemblance to a tooth.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
Vanderpool of Bellevue Hospital, N.Y., describes a fracture of the odontoid process caused by a fall on the back of the head; death, however, did not ensue until six months later.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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