pterygoid process

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pterygoid process [ˈtɛrɪˌgɔɪd]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy either of two long bony plates extending downwards from each side of the sphenoid bone within the skull

[C18 pterygoid, from Greek pterugoeidēs, from pterux wing; see -oid]

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pterygoid process - two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone

os sphenoidale, sphenoid, sphenoid bone - butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull

appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"

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