PTERYGOID
\tˈɜːɹɪɡˌɔ͡ɪd], \tˈɜːɹɪɡˌɔɪd], \t_ˈɜː_ɹ_ɪ_ɡ_ˌɔɪ_d]\
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Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone.
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A pterygoid bone.
By Oddity Software
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Wing-like.
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A cranial bone.
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Wing-like ; the wing-like processes of the sphenoid, also canal, fissure, fossa, plexus, muscles.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A name given to two processes at the inferior surface of the sphenoid bone; the two laminae which form them having been compared to wings. These alae or wings or processes,-Proces'sus aliform'es, - have been distinguished, according to their position, into internal (ento-pterygoid) and external.
By Robley Dunglison
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