odontoid process

noun

odon·​toid process ō-ˈdän-ˌtȯid- 

: a toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates

Word History

First Known Use

1755, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for odontoid process

• icbms
• isoflavones
• abbess
• abscess
• access
• address
• assess
• caress
• confess
• depress
• digress
• distress

Medical Definition

odontoid process

noun

: dens