odontoid process

odontoid process

n.

A small, toothlike, upward projection from the second vertebra of the neck around which the first vertebra rotates.

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Noun

1.

odontoid process - a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" axis vertebra, axis - the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head