Pterygoid

Definition:

  • (a.) Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone.
  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone.
  • (n.) A pterygoid bone.

Compare pterygoid with other words:

jaw vs. pterygoid

pterygoid vs. suspension

nares vs. pterygoid

posterior vs. pterygoid

mammal vs. pterygoid

pterygoid vs. vertebrate

pterygoid vs. skull

human vs. pterygoid

process vs. pterygoid

plate vs. pterygoid

inner vs. pterygoid

correspond vs. pterygoid

pterygoid vs. wing