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Definition of Odontoid
1. a. Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.
Definition of Odontoid
1. Adjective. Resembling a tooth, especially in shape ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Odontoid
1. a toothlike vertebral projection [n -S]
Medical Definition of Odontoid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Odontoid
Literary usage of Odontoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1871)
"To test still further the strength of the moderator ligaments compared with the
odontoid process, while the preparation was suspended the following ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1870)
"Articulation between odontoid Process and Atlas. ring of the atlas into two
unequal parts : of these, the posterior and larger serves for the transmission ..."
3. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1890)
"That of the odontoid was smooth and somewhat concave, ... The anterior surface
of the odontoid had a distinct articular facet for the atlas; ..."
4. Holden's Manual of the dissection of the human body by Luther Holden (1893)
"Ligaments two very strong ligaments, which proceed from , The odontoid ot check
... 107) are the sides of the odontoid process to the tubercles on the inner ..."
5. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"tho superior odontoid ligament and the synovial membrane, ... To form this
articulation, the axis offers its odontoid pivot and the undulated diarthrodial ..."
6. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1864)
"A Specimen of Fracture of the odontoid Process of the Axis, with Perfect ...
for instead of passing behind the odontoid process, with a concave surface ..."
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