PTERYGOID PROCESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

os sphenoidale; sphenoid; sphenoid bone (butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull)

Credits