ancyroidadj.
Physiol.
Anchor-shaped; applied to a process of the shoulder-bone, also called the coracoid, and to the middle cornu of the lateral ventricle of the brain.
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6) has Ancyroides. ]
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 674/2 The posterior cornu is also named the digital, or ancyroid cavity.
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