| odontogenic epithelial cell | Epithelial layer that will give rise to teeth. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| odontogenic fibroma | <tumour> A rare odontogenic tumour found in soft tissue or as a central bony lesion. The tumour is composed of fibrous connective tissue, odontogenic epithelium, and sometimes calcification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontogenic keratocyst | A cyst of dental lamina origin with a high recurrence rate and well-defined histologic criteria of a corrugated parakeratin surface, uniformly thin epithelium, and a palisaded basal layer. One manifestation of the basal cell nevus syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontogenic myxoma | <tumour> A benign, expansile, multilocular radiolucent neoplasm of the jaws consisting of myxomatous fibrous connective tissue; presumably derived from the mesenchymal components of the odontogenic apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontogenic tumours | Neoplasms produced from tooth-forming tissues. (12 Dec 1998) |
| odontogeny | <physiology> Generetion, or mode of development, of the teeth. Origin: Odonto- + root of Gr. To be born: cf: F. Odontogenie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| odontograph | An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels. Origin: Odonto- + -graph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| odontographic | Of or pertaining to odontography. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| odontography | A description of the teeth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| odontoid | <anatomy> Having the form of a tooth; toothlike. Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process. Odontoid bone, the anterior process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See Axis. Origin: Gr., a tooth + form: cf.F. Odontoide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| odontoid ligament | Winglike lateral fringes or expansions of the plica synovialis infrapatellaris. Synonym: ligamenta alaria, plicae alares, alar ligaments, odontoid ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontoid process | The toothlike process on the upper surface of the axis, which articulates with the atlas above. (12 Dec 1998) |
| odontoid process of epistropheus | Synonym: Tooth. 2. A strong toothlike process projecting upward from the body of the axis, or epistropheus, around which the atlas rotates. Synonym: odontoid process of epistropheus, odontoid process. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| odontoid vertebra | <botany> A stem, commonly used for the main stem of a whole plant or of an inflorescence. (09 Oct 1997) |
| odontolcae | <paleontology> An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis. Alternative forms: Odontholcae, and Odontoholcae. Origin: NL, from Gr, a tooth + a furrow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |