Medical Dictionary
frontal process
noun
Medical Definition of FRONTAL PROCESS
1
: a long plate that is part of the maxillary bone and contributes to the formation of the lateral part of the nose and of the nasal cavity—called also nasal process
2
: a process of the zygomatic bone articulating superiorly with the frontal bone, forming part of the orbit anteriorly, and articulating with the sphenoid bone posteriorly
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