[əʊˈdɒntɔɪd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a projection from the second cervical vertebra (axis) on which the first (atlas) can pivot
(e.g: the anterior odontoid joint)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘resembling or shaped like a tooth’): from odonto- + -oid, after French odontoïde; compare Greek odontoeidēs ‘toothlike’