Pterygo

In anatomy. Names compounded of this word belong to muscles which are connected with the pterygoid or wing-like proce of the sphaenoid bone; as, pterygo-pharyngeus, . P. PHARYNGEUS. See CoNSTRICTOR PHARYNGIS SUPERIOR. P. sTAPH I LIN US EXTERN US. See 1 ny. As TOR PALATI.