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pterygoid processes

pterygoid processes is the plural of pterygoid process.

Meaning of pterygoid process

Noun

pterygoid process (plural pterygoid processes)

  1. Each of a pair of projections extending downward from each side of the sphenoid bone in humans and other mammals.

Questions about pterygoid processes

What is pterygoid processes the plural of?
Pterygoid processes is the plural of pterygoid process.

Words near pterygoid processes in the dictionary

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

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