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PTERYGOID PROCESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pterygoid process" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Holonyms ("pterygoid process" is a part of...):
os sphenoidale; sphenoid; sphenoid bone (butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull)
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