odontoid

American  

[oh-don-toid] / oʊˈdɒn tɔɪd /

adjective

1. of or resembling a tooth; toothlike.

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odontoid British  

/ ɒˈdɒntɔɪd /

adjective

1. toothlike

2. of or relating to the odontoid process

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Etymology

Origin of odontoid

First recorded in 1700–10, odontoid is from the Greek word odontoeidḗs “toothlike.” See odont-, -oid

Example Sentences

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 Blaisdell, Albert F.

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Change of form of the odontoid process of the second or axis vertebrae from a cone to a hollow half-cylinder.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Thus, when we turn the head to the right or left, the skull and the atlas move together, both rotating on the odontoid process of the axis.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.