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Word: Odontoid
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 18th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘resembling or shaped like a tooth’): from odonto- + -oid, after French odontoïde; compare Greek odontoeidēs ‘toothlike’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əʊˈdɒntɔɪd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a projection from the second cervical vertebra (axis) on which the first (atlas) can pivot
Short Definition:projection from second cervical vertebra axis on which first atlas can pivot
Examples:- the anterior odontoid joint
Variant Forms:
- odontoid process
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