Category:Odontoid

O*don"toid, a. Etym: [gr. odontoïde.] (anat.) (a) having the form of a tooth; toothlike. (b) of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process. Odontoid bone (anat.), a separate bone, in many reptiles, Corresponding to the odontoid process. -- odontoid process, or odontoid peg (anat.), the anterior process Of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See axis.