pterygoid

English

Etymology

pterygo- +‎ -oid

Adjective

pterygoid (comparative more pterygoid, superlative most pterygoid)

Resembling a wing.
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.

Derived terms

Translations

of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone

Finnish: kitaluu-
French: ptérygoïde (fr), ptérygoïdien (fr)

Italian: pterigoideo
Spanish: pterigoideo, pterigoides

Noun

pterygoid (plural pterygoids)

(anatomy) A bone which corresponds to the inner plate of the pterygoid process of the human skull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connected with the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the lower jaw.

Derived terms

Translations

bone

Spanish: pterigoides m

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