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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescoronoides
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ko.ɾoˈnoi.ðes
"La fractura afectaba la apófisis coronoides del cúbito."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Resembling a crow's beak in shape; specifically designating certain bony processes, such as those on the lower jaw or the ulna.
"The surgeon examined the fracture extending into the coronoid process of the ulna."
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A coronoid bone or process in anatomy.
"Damage to the coronoid can significantly restrict the hinge movement of the elbow joint."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek words korōnē, meaning crow or sea-crow (and later used to describe a curved crown or hooked object), combined with the suffix -oid, meaning resembling or like. It entered anatomical terminology in the 19th century to describe various hook-like or crowbeak-shaped processes on bones, most notably the mandible and the ulna.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Coronoid" is said worldwide
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coronoïde
Transliteration: ko.ʁɔ.nwaid
"Le processus coronoïde de la mandibule joue un rôle crucial dans la mastication."
koronoid
Transliteration: koʁoˈnɔɪ̯t
"Der Processus coronoideus ist ein wichtiger Knochenfortsatz."
coronoideo
Transliteration: ko.ro.nɔˈi.de.o
"Il processo coronoideo si trova nella parte anteriore del ramo della mandibola."
coronoides
Transliteration: ko.ɾoˈnoi.ðes
"La fractura afectaba la apófisis coronoides del cúbito."
coronóide
Transliteration: ko.ɾoˈnɔj.dʒi
"O processo coronóide é essencial para a estabilidade do cotovelo."
कोरोनॉइड
Transliteration: koronoyid
"कोरोनॉइड प्रक्रियाहड्डी के आकार से संबंधित है।"
冠状的
Transliteration: guān zhuàng de
Script: 冠状突
"尺骨冠状突是肘关节的重要组成部分。"
갈고리돌기
Transliteration: gal-go-ri-dol-gi
"척골의 갈고리돌기는 팔꿈치 관절의 안정성을 유지합니다."
烏口状の
Transliteration: ukōjō no
Script: 冠状突起
"下顎骨の筋突起は烏口状の突起構造をしています。"
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