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mastoid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæ.stɔɪd/
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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin mastoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (măstoeidḗs, “like a breast”), from μᾰστός (măstós, “a woman's breast”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
2. (not-comparable) Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear. ▸ Being any of several bony elements that occupy a similar position in the skull of lower vertebrates.
3. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
4. (not-comparable) Shaped like a nipple.
   • Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire. 1899, Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, volumes 6-8, page 192:

Deriveds

juxtamastoid · stylomastoid · petromastoid · cleidomastoid · occipitomastoid · postmastoid · atlantomastoid · sternomastoid · mastoid cell · otomastoid · parietomastoid · tympanomastoid · bimastoid · mastoid bone · sternocleidomastoid · transmastoid · supramastoid · retromastoid · mastoid process · paramastoid

Hypernyms

protuberant · rounded

Relateds

breasts

Synonyms

mastoidal · mammillary · mastoid · mammiform · mammillariform · mammose

mastoid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæ.stɔɪd/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin mastoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (măstoeidḗs, “like a breast”), from μᾰστός (măstós, “a woman's breast”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of mastoid process.
   alt of mastoid process
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of mastoiditis.
   alt of mastoiditis

Forms

Deriveds

mastoidectomy · mastoidal · mastoiditis