- pterygoid process
- noun Date: 1741 a process extending downward from each side of the sphenoid bone in humans and other mammals
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Pterygoid process — Pterygoid Pter y*goid, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a wing + oid.] (Anat.) (a) Like a bird s wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. n. A pterygoid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pterygoid process — n a process that extends downward from each side of the sphenoid bone near the union of its body and a greater wing, that consists of the medial and lateral pterygoid plates which are fused above anteriorly and separated below by the pterygoid… … Medical dictionary
pterygoid process — /ˈtɛrəgɔɪd ˌproʊsɛs/ (say teruhgoyd .prohses) noun 1. either of two processes descending, one on each side, from the point where the body of the sphenoid bone joins a bone of a temporal wing within the skull, each process consisting of two plates …
pterygoid process — [ tɛrɪgɔɪd] noun Anatomy each of a pair of projections from the sphenoid bone in the skull. Origin C18: from mod. L. pterygoides, from Gk pterux, pterug wing … English new terms dictionary
pterygoid process — either of two large processes of the sphenoid bone … The new mediacal dictionary
pterygoid process — adj. each of a pair of processes from the sphenoid bone in the skull. Etymology: Gk pterux ugos wing … Useful english dictionary
pterygoid plate — n either of two vertical plates making up a pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone: a) a broad thin plate that forms the lateral part of the pterygoid process and gives attachment to the lateral pterygoid muscle on its lateral surface and to the… … Medical dictionary
Pterygoid — Pter y*goid, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a wing + oid.] (Anat.) (a) Like a bird s wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. n. A pterygoid bone. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pterygoid bone — Pterygoid Pter y*goid, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a wing + oid.] (Anat.) (a) Like a bird s wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. n. A pterygoid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pterygoid fissure — n the angular cleft separating the medial and lateral pterygoid plates of each pterygoid process called also pterygoid notch * * * incisura pterygoidea … Medical dictionary
