comb. forms of ATLAS, formed on imperfect analogy: see ATLANTO-. Atloidean a. (similarly formed) = ATLANTAL.
1840. G. Ellis, Anat., 275. A posterior atlo-axoid ligament … The ligaments, which connect the arch of the atlas to the occipital bone, are named occipito-atloidean.
1857. Bullock, Cazeaux’s Midwif., 223. The atloido-axoid articulation.
