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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or related to the base of the pterygoid bone, or the sphenoid.
- noun A lateral bone or process of bone at the base of the skull, developed in connection or relation with sphenoidal and pterygoid elements.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Anat.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
base of thesphenoid bone
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