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paraclinoid

paraclinoid adjective: opposite the clinoid process.

Adjective

paraclinoid (not comparable)

  1. Opposite the clinoid process

Origin of paraclinoid

From para- + clinoid.

Questions about paraclinoid

What does paraclinoid mean?
Paraclinoid means opposite the clinoid process.
What part of speech is paraclinoid?
Paraclinoid is an adjective.

Words near paraclinoid in the dictionary

  1. paraclimactic
  2. paraclimax
  3. paraclimaxes
  4. paraclinical
  5. paraclinically
  6. paraclinoid
  7. paraclival
  8. paracloacal
  9. paraclone
  10. paraclones
  11. paraclose

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