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Definition of Coronoid
1. a. Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna.
Definition of Coronoid
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Shaped like the beak of a crow ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coronoid
1. crown-shaped [adj]
Medical Definition of Coronoid
1. Shaped like a crow's beak; denoting certain processes and other parts of bones. Origin: G. Korone, a crow, + eidos, resembling (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coronoid
Literary usage of Coronoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The upper extremity presents two curved processes, the olecranon and the coronoid
process; and two concave, articular cavities, the semilunar and radial ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"The hole is drilled through the tip of the coronoid as close to the edge of the
... When it is properly passed, it effectively prevents the coronoid from ..."
3. A Practical treatise on fractures and dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1866)
"In relation to this example, the editor remarks that the symptoms were not to
his mind conclusive in determining the existence of a fracture of the coronoid ..."
4. The Anatomy of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1802)
"... or upper head of the radius alfo enters into the joint, and lying upon the
inner fide of the coronoid ..."
5. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1868)
"An illustration of the truth of this law obtains in the case of the coronoid
origin usually associated with the pronator radii teres muscle, ..."
6. The London Medical Gazette (1840)
"The fractured extremity of the coronoid process is described as drawn up by the
temporal muscle, but this cannot happen unless the tendinous ..."
7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"The coronoid (Co.) is a spindle-shaped bone that lies on the inner side of the
mandible near its posterior end. Its inner or medial surface is smooth and ..."
8. Dislocations and joint-fractures by Frederic Jay Cotton (1910)
"FRACTURE OF THE coronoid PROCESS Fractures of the coronoid are accorded a place
of apparent importance in all text-books, and the picture given of the ..."
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