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Pterygoid
- - Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. -- n. A pterygoid bone.
Ptolemaic
- adjective - of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
- of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system; "in the Ptolemaic system of planetary motion the earth is fixed as the center of the universe with the sun and moon and planets revolving around it"
Ptolemy I
- noun - the king of Egypt who founded the Macedonian dynasty in Egypt; a close friend and general of Alexander the Great who took charge of Egypt after Alexander died (circa 367-285 BC)
Ptomaines
- noun - a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines
- any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria
Ptyalised
- verb - expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
Ptyalises
- verb - expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
Ptyalisms
- noun - excessive flow of saliva
Ptyaliths
- noun - calculus in a salivary gland
Ptyalized
- verb - expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
Ptyalizes
- verb - expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"