pterygoid process

1. 1.

   two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone

   Broaderprocess

   Part ofsphenoid bone

Questions about pterygoid process

What does pterygoid process mean?

pterygoid process means "two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone".

Is pterygoid process a common word?

pterygoid 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.