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■ noun Anatomy each of a pair of projections from the sphenoid bone in the skull.
Origin
C18: from mod. L. pterygoides , from Gk pterux , pterug- 'wing'.
[ 'tɛrɪgɔɪd ]
■ noun Anatomy each of a pair of projections from the sphenoid bone in the skull.
Origin
C18: from mod. L. pterygoides , from Gk pterux , pterug- 'wing'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004