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odontoid process

noun
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Definition of odontoid process

: a toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates

First Known Use of odontoid process

1755, in the meaning defined above

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odontoid process

noun

Medical Definition of odontoid process

: dens