dens
noun
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plural dentes\ ˈden-ˌtēz
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Medical Definition of dens
: a toothlike process that projects from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis in the spinal column, serves as a pivot on which the atlas rotates, and is morphologically the centrum of the atlas though detached from that vertebra and more or less perfectly united with the next one behind
— called also odontoid process
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