Definition of Odontaid
O*don"toid (?), a. [Gr. &?;;
'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + &?; 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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