Associations to the word «Pterygoid»
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Wiktionary
PTERYGOID, adjective. Resembling a wing
PTERYGOID, adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone
PTERYGOID, noun. (anatomy) A bone which corresponds to the inner plate of the pterygoid process of the human skull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connected with the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the lower jaw.
Wise words
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They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.