| odontoid process n. A small, toothlike, upward projection from the second vertebra of the neck around which the first vertebra rotates. |
odontoid process
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
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| Noun | 1. |  odontoid process - a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neckappendage, 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 |
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