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Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.

A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.

g, in most mammals, from the ventral side of the ilium to near the symphysis of the pubic bones.

by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust. Grind their bones to powder small. Shak.

Situated in front of the frontal bone, or the frontal region of the skull; ectethmoid, as a certain bone in the nasal capsule of many animals, and certain scales of reptiles and fishes. -- n.

A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillæ become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.

Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillæ; intermaxillary. -- n.

The anterior opercular bone in fishes.

A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.

Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone). Presphenoid bone (Anat.), the anterior part of the body of the sphenoid bone in front of the basisphenoid. It is usually a separate bone in the young or fetus, but becomes a part of the sphe…

Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone; presphenoid.

Situated in front of the temporal bone.

A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc.

Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.

In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule. -- n.

The bone of either the upper arm or the thing, the propodialia being the humerus and femur.

Of or pertaining to that which is proximal; as, the proximal bones of a limb. Opposed to distal.

Of or pertaining to, or designating, a bone between the proötic and epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the periotic capsule of many fishes. -- n.

Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone.

Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoid bone, and the lower jaw.