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clinoid, a. Anat.|ˈklaɪnɔɪd|
[ad. mod.L. clinoïdes, f. Gr. κλίν-η bed; see -oid; cf. F. clinoide.]
Resembling a bed: applied to the four processes or apophyses of the sphenoid bone, from their resemblance to the knobs of a bedstead, or from enclosing a quadrilateral space. (Littré.)
clinoid plate, the posterior boundary of the pituitary fossa of the sphenoid bone. clinoid ridge, clinoid wall, one of the two transverse vertical walls of cartilage before and behind the pituitary body in the cranium of embryo fowls.
1741Monro Anat. (ed. 3) 116 On the internal Surface of this Bone three Apophyses..are commonly described..which are called Clinoid, from their Resemblance to the Supporters of a Bed. 1854Owen in Circ. Sc. (c 1865) II. 77/2 Well defined..by the..posterior clinoid processes. 1881Mivart Cat 69 The clinoid plate. 1882Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v. Clinoid, Clinoid walls..are situated in front of the anterior termination of the notochord.
b. subst. = Clinoid process.
1854Owen in Circ. Sc. II. 86/2 The sella turcica is deep, and well defined by both the anterior and posterior clinoids. |