Definitions for odontoid

odontoid o·don·toid

Spelling: [oh-don-toid]
IPA: /oʊˈdɒn tɔɪd/

Odontoid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in odontoid (ddinooot).

Definitions for odontoid

adjective

  1. of or resembling a tooth; toothlike.

Origin of odontoid

First recorded in 1700-10, odontoid is from the Greek word odontoeidḗs toothlike. See odont-, -oid

Examples for odontoid

odontoid process of second vertebra semi-cylindrical; skull with a sagittal crest; and the condyle of the lower jaw rounded.

Change of form of the odontoid process of the second or axis vertebrae from a cone to a hollow half-cylinder.

odontoid process of second vertebra in the form of a crescent, hollow above.

The odontoid process of the second vertebra is pig-like: and the tibia and fibula and radius and ulna are severally distinct.

The cervical rib (fig. 41, 9) articulates with two little irregularities on the odontoid process.

When this occurs suddenly, the odontoid process may impinge on the medulla and upper part of the cord and cause sudden death.

The odontoid process of the axis vertebra is somewhat cheese-taster shaped, as in recent Artiodactyles.

The odontoid process of the axis is still more concave than in Poebrotherium, but not spout-like as in existing forms.

The first vertebra has nothing of the nature of an odontoid process.

The odontoid process of the axis is short and blunt, or may be completely wanting.

Word Value for odontoid
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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