Usually means: Bone supporting palate and jaw.
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  1. pterygoid bone: Merriam-Webster
  2. pterygoid bone: Wordnik
  3. Pterygoid bone: Dictionary.com
  4. Pterygoid bone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. pterygoid bone: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Pterygoid bone: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pterygoid bone: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. pterygoid bone, Pterygoid bone: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  The pterygoid is a paired bone forming part of the palate of many vertebrates, behind the palatine bones.


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