CLEIDO-ATXANTICUS

(Lat.), adj. Klid"(kle2"i2d)-o(o2)-a2t- (a3t)-la2n(la3n)/ti2k-u3s(u4s). For deriv., see CLEIDION and ATLAS. Pertaining to the clavicle and to the atlas; as a n., an anomalous muscle arising from the transverse proce of the second cervical vertebra, and inserted into the outer or middle portion of the clavicle. [L, 332.] Cf. LEVATOR claviculce. [s. 311]