Clione (klione)

[NL. (Pallas, 1774), a bed. Clinoid plate, a portion of the bas i sphenoid bone bounding the pituitary fo a posteriorly. The posterior clinoid proce es project from the upper corners of this plate. Clinoid proce es, in an at., the four proce es (an anterior and a posterior pair) surrounding the sella turcica or pituitary fo a of the sphenoid bone: so called from their resemblance to the posts of a bedstead. Clinoidæ (kli-noi'dē), n. pl. An incorrect form of Clinida. clinologic (kli-nō-loj'ik), a. [