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vaginal process

vaginal process noun: a projecting lamina of bone on the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone that is continuous with the tympanic plate and surrounds the base of the styloid process.

Noun

vaginal process (plural vaginal processes)

  1. (archaic) A projecting lamina of bone on the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone that is continuous with the tympanic plate and surrounds the base of the styloid process.
  2. An outpouching of peritoneum through the inguinal canal, from which the serous membrane (tunica vaginalis) covering the testicle is derived.
  3. Either of a pair of projecting plates on the inferior surface of the sphenoid bone which articulate with the alae of the vomer.

Forms of vaginal process

pluralvaginal processes

Questions about vaginal process

What does vaginal process mean?
Vaginal process means a projecting lamina of bone on the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone that is continuous with the tympanic plate and surrounds the base of the styloid process.
What part of speech is vaginal process?
Vaginal process is a noun.
What is the plural of vaginal process?
The plural of vaginal process is vaginal processes.

Words near vaginal process in the dictionary

  1. vaginal fluids
  2. vaginal introitus
  3. vaginal lubrication
  4. vaginal opening
  5. vaginal openings
  6. vaginal process
  7. vaginal processes
  8. vaginal ring
  9. vaginal rings
  10. vaginal seeding
  11. vaginal sex

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