Pterygoid

[terәgɒid]

Definition

(a.) Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone.

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone.

(n.) A pterygoid bone.

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Definition

n. one of a pair of bones in the facial apparatus of some vertebrata behind the palatines known in human anatomy as the pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone.—adj. aliform or alate.—adj. Pteryg′ian.—n. Pteryg′ium a generalised limb of a vertebrate.

Typist: Marietta