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OLIVARY PROCESS

\ˈɒlɪvəɹi pɹˈə͡ʊsɛs], \ˈɒlɪvəɹi pɹˈə‍ʊsɛs], \ˈɒ_l_ɪ_v_ə_ɹ_i p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɛ_s]\

Definitions of OLIVARY PROCESS

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Is a small ridge, running transversely between, and a little behind, the roots of the anterior clinoid processes of the sphenoid hone, and by some considered as the fourth clinoid process.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

small oval p. behind optic groove of sphenoid bone.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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