Definition of Axoid

1. a helix curve [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Axoid

axletree
axletrees
axlike
axman
axmen
axo-
axoaxonic
axoaxonic synapse
axodendritic
axodendritic synapse
axodine
axodines
axofugal
axoglial
axograph
axoid (current term)
axoids
axolemma
axolemmal
axolemmas
axolotl
axolotls
axolysis
axon
axon degeneration
axon hillock
axon loss polyneuropathy
axon reflex
axon terminals
axonal

Literary usage of Axoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical anatomy, a manual of dissections by Christopher Heath (1877)
"The Anterior Atlo-axoid Ligament (Fig. 235, 4) resembles the anterior ... -axoid ligament (from Wilson). 1. Basilar portion of the sphenoid projection of ..."

2. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"We will first study the two extrinsic articulations which, are the centro of the movements of the head on the spine—the atlo-axoid and ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1898)
"Atlo-axoid disease. compressed, distorted, and lifted off the ground by the rocker-shaped sole, so that normal function is reduced to the smallest limit. ..."

4. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical by Henry Gray (1870)
"Occipito-axoid. Three Odontoid. To expose these ligaments, the spinal canal should be laid open by removing the posterior arch of the atlas, the lamin» and ..."

5. A Manual of Modern Surgery: An Exposition of the Accepted Doctrines and by John Bingham Roberts (1890)
"Alto-axoid dislocations come next in order of frequency. Three vine- ties exist: the odontoid process of the axis may be fractured and thus permit ..."

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