PTERYGOID

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 15

adj. Te2r'i2g-oid. Gr., irrepv/wS^ ffronurrepuf. a wing, and eiSos, resemblance). Fr., ptery/io'ide. ptprygoidicn. Ger., pterygoidisch. Pertaining to or resembling a wing; as a n., the p. bone, also the internal p. plate. [C.] A, ape; A2, at; A3, ah; A4, all; Ch,-chin; Ch2, loch (Scottish); [s. 352]