PTERYGOID MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pterygoid muscle mean? 

• PTERYGOID MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun PTERYGOID MUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw

  Familiarity information: PTERYGOID MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTERYGOID MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pterygoid muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)