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Odontoid

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\O*don"toid\, a. [Gr. ?; 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + ? form: cf.F. odonto["i]de.] (Anat.) (a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike. (b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process. {Odontoid bone} (Anat.), a separate bone, in many reptiles, corresponding to the odontoid process. {Odontoid process}, or {Odontoid peg} (Anat.), the anterior process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See {Axis}.

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