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vaginal process

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
vagi-nal pro-cess
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A projecting lamina of bone on the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone that is continuous with the tympanic plate and surrounds the base of the styloid process.

Archaic

noun

An outpouching of peritoneum through the inguinal canal, from which the serous membrane (tunica vaginalis) covering the testicle is derived.

noun

Either of a pair of projecting plates on the inferior surface of the sphenoid bone which articulate with the alae of the vomer.

Usage

Inflected Forms

vaginal processes (plural)

Questions

What does vaginal process mean?
A projecting lamina of bone on the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone that is continuous with the tympanic plate and surrounds the base of the styloid process.

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