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Webster 1913 Edition
Odontoid
O-don′toid
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK];
ὀδούς
, ὀδόντος
, a tooth + εἶδοσ
form: cf. F. odontoïde
.] (Anat.)
(a)
Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.
(b)
Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process.
Odontoid bone
(Anat.)
, a separate bone, in many reptiles, corresponding to the odontoid process.
– Odontoid process
, or
Odontoid peg
(Anat.)
, the anterior process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See
Axis
.