CORONOID
\kˈɒɹənˌɔ͡ɪd], \kˈɒɹənˌɔɪd], \k_ˈɒ_ɹ_ə_n_ˌɔɪ_d]\
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By William R. Warner
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Resembling the beak of a crow. The name has been given to two processes. One, situate at the anterior and superior part of the ramus of the os maxillare inferius, and affording attachment to the temporal muscles: the other, called, also, sharp process,situate at the superior part of the ulna, anterior to the great sigmoid fossa, and forming a part of the hinge of the elbow-joint.
By Robley Dunglison
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Crownlike; crown-shaped
By Smith Ely Jelliffe