odontoid process

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   a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck

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Questions about odontoid process

What does odontoid process mean?

odontoid process means "a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck".

Is odontoid process a common word?

odontoid process is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.