odontoid process
odon·toid process
noun \ō-ˈdän-ˌtȯid-\Definition of ODONTOID PROCESS
: a toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates
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circa 1819
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