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  1. pterygoidadjective

    Resembling a wing

  2. pterygoidadjective

    Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pterygoidadjective

    like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone

  2. Pterygoidadjective

    of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone

  3. Pterygoidnoun

    a pterygoid bone

  4. Etymology: [Gr. , , a wing + -oid.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pterygoid

    ter′i-goid, n. one of a pair of bones in the facial apparatus of some vertebrata behind the palatines, known in human anatomy as the pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone.—adj. aliform or alate.—adj. Pteryg′ian.—n. Pteryg′ium, a generalised limb of a vertebrate.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pterygoid in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pterygoid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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