Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the pterygoid bone proper and to the quadrate bone, or suspensorium of the lower jaw, as in a vertebrate below mammals: as, the pterygoquadrate articulation.
- Combining elements of the pterygoid and quadrate bones: as, the pterygoquadrate cartilage of a shark.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or representing the pterygoid and quadrate bones or cartilages.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or relating to the
pterygoid andquadrate bones orcartilages .
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