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| pter·y·goid proc·ess [ tèrrə goyd pró sèss ] (plural pter·y·goid proc·ess·es) |
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bone of skull: either of two bony plates extending downward from the sphenoid bone of the skull
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| [< modern Latin pterygoides "like a wing" < Greek pterux "wing"] |
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