Odontoid process

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

odontoid process
    n 1: a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Odontoid \O*don"toid\, a. [Gr. ?; 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth +
   e'i^dos form: cf. F. odonto["i]de.] (Anat.)
   (a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.
   (b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid
       process.
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   {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}.
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