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pterygoid

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pter·y·goid  (tr-goid)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or located in the region of the sphenoid bone: a pterygoid muscle.
2. Resembling a wing; winglike.
n.
Either of two processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone.
[Greek pterugoeids, winglike : pterux, pterug-, wing; see pet- in Indo-European roots + -oeids, -oid.]
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