dens

dens definition - medical

dens (dĕnz)

noun pl. den·tes (dĕnˈtēzˌ)
  1. Tooth.
  2. A toothlike process projecting upward from the body of the axis around which the atlas rotates. Also called odontoid process of epistropheus.

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