ODONTOID PROCESS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("odontoid process" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Holonyms ("odontoid process" is a part of...):

axis; axis vertebra (the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head)

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