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os odontoideum
Definitions related to os odontoideum:
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An anatomical variant of the cervical vertebra axis in which the ODONTOID PROCESS is unfused from the body of the axis.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Separation of the odontoid process from the body of the axis.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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In 1863, separation of the odontoid process from the body of the axis was first described in a postmortem specimen. In 1886, Giacomini coined the term os odontoideum for this condition.WebMD, 2019
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