NOUN | body | pterygoid process | two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone |
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Meaning | Two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone. | |
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Part of | sphenoid bone, sphenoid, os sphenoidale | butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull |
Broader | process, outgrowth, appendage | A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
Spanish | pterigoides | |
Catalan | pterigoide |
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