ODONTOID PROCESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does odontoid process mean? 

• ODONTOID PROCESS (noun)
  The noun ODONTOID PROCESS has 1 sense:

1. a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck

  Familiarity information: ODONTOID PROCESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ODONTOID PROCESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

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)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the hypoplasia of the odontoid which appears as a stubby peg of an odontoid process.

(Odontoid Hypoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)