Pterygoid process Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone

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  1. (Anat.), a process projecting downward from either side of the sphenoid bone, in man divided into two plates, an inner and an outer. The posterior nares pass through the space, called the pterygoid fossa, between the processes.

Webster 1913