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Noun: pterygoid process
  1. Two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone

Derived forms: pterygoid processes

Type of: appendage, outgrowth, process

Part of: os sphenoidale, sphenoid, sphenoid bone

Encyclopedia: Pterygoid process

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