Medical Dictionary
pterygoid hamulus
noun
Medical Definition of PTERYGOID HAMULUS
: a hook-shaped process forming the inferior extremity of each medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone and providing a support around which the tendon of the tensor veli palatini moves
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