CORONOID PROCESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A sharp triangular process projecting from a bone

Synonyms:

coronoid process; processus coronoideus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("coronoid process" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coronoid process"):

coronoid process of the mandible (the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle)

Holonyms ("coronoid process" is a part of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)