Definitions for "Odontoid"
Keywords:  toothlike, cervical, odous, eidos, dens
Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.
This is a part of the second cervical vertebral bone (C2) in the upper cervical spine. It is also called the dens.
Greek odous = tooth, and eidos = form, shape, hence, tooth-like.
Keywords:  pertaining, bone, process
Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process.