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pterygoid plates

pterygoid plates is the plural of pterygoid plate.

Meaning of pterygoid plate

Noun

pterygoid plate (plural pterygoid plates)

  1. Either of two vertical plates making up a pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone.

Questions about pterygoid plates

What is pterygoid plates the plural of?
Pterygoid plates is the plural of pterygoid plate.

Words near pterygoid plates in the dictionary

  1. pterygoid muscle
  2. pterygoid muscles
  3. pterygoid nerve
  4. pterygoid nerves
  5. pterygoid plate
  6. pterygoid plates
  7. pterygoid process
  8. pterygoid processes
  9. pterygoidal
  10. pterygoidei
  11. pterygoideus

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