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Webster 1913 Edition


Coronoid

Cor′o-noid

(kŏr′ō̍-noid)
,
Adj.
[Gr.
κορώνη
crow +
-oid
: cf. F.
coronoïde
.]
(Anat.)
Resembling the beak of a crow;
as, the
coronoid
process of the jaw, or of the ulna
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Coronoid

CORONOID

,
Adj.
[Gr., a crow, and form.] Noting the upper and anterior process of the end of the lower jaw, called the coronoid process.

Definition 2024


coronoid

coronoid

English

Adjective

coronoid (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Shaped like the beak of a crow

Noun

coronoid (plural coronoids)

  1. (anatomy) A slender bone that forms part of the lower jaw of primitive vertebrates
  2. (organic chemistry) Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon derived from coronene