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clinoid

/ˈklaɪnɔɪd/

clinoid adjective: like a bed; relating to the clinoid process.

Adjective

clinoid (not comparable)

  1. Like a bed; relating to the clinoid process.

Noun

clinoid (plural clinoids)

  1. The clinoid process.
    • The lateral contributions are by the lateral cartilages, namely, the orbitosphenoid, which forms lesser wing of sphenoid, anterior clinoids, and planum sphenoidale, the alisphenoid that forms the greater wing of sphenoid and the medial pterygoid plate.2015 August 5, Venkatesh Gokuldas Kamath et al., “Binary Logistic Regression Analysis of Foramen Magnum Dimensions for Sex Determination”, in Anatomy Research International, volume 2015, →DOI

clinoid meaning in Tamil

clinoid in Tamil

படுக்கை உரு

Forms of clinoid

pluralclinoids

Origin of clinoid

From Ancient Greek κλίνη (klínē, “bed”) + -oid.

Words formed from clinoid

Phrases with clinoid

Questions about clinoid

What does clinoid mean?
Clinoid means like a bed; relating to the clinoid process.
What is clinoid in Tamil?
Clinoid in Tamil is படுக்கை உரு. See Clinoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is clinoid?
Clinoid can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce clinoid?
Clinoid is pronounced /ˈklaɪnɔɪd/.

Words near clinoid in the dictionary

  1. clinoholmquistite
  2. clinohumite
  3. clinohumites
  4. clinohypersthene
  5. clinohypersthenes
  6. clinoid
  7. clinoid process
  8. clinoid processes
  9. clinoidal
  10. clinoidectomies
  11. clinoidectomy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clinoid (page history and authors); clinoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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