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odontoid

[ oh-don-toid ]

adjective

  1. of or resembling a tooth; toothlike.


odontoid

/ ɒˈdɒntɔɪd /

adjective

  1. toothlike
  2. of or relating to the odontoid process
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of odontoid1

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

The cervical rib (fig. 41, 9) articulates with two little irregularities on the odontoid process.

In Lacertilia and Crocodilia (fig. 41, 3) the axis has a well-marked odontoid process.

The atlas is small and ring-like, and its centrum is fused with the axis forming the odontoid process.

The axis has a long odontoid process and a high compressed neural spine (fig. 69, B, 4).

The axis has a prominent spine and odontoid process and short transverse processes.

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