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Mastoid

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process.
2.
Relating to or resembling a nipple.  Synonym: mastoidal.



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"Mastoid" Quotes from Famous Books



... skull with the brain-case short and broad; infra-orbital opening rounded, very large (often as large as the orbit); zygomatic arch slender, curved downwards; the malar ascending in front to the lachrymal in a flattened perpendicular plate; facial surface of maxillaries minutely perforated; mastoid portion of auditory bullae usually greatly developed; metatarsal bones elongated, often fused into a cannon bone; form gracile; front portion of body and fore-limbs very small; hind limbs long and strong, with from three to ...
— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale


Words linked to "Mastoid" :   appendage, process, mastoid bone, os temporale, nipple, mastoidale, temporal bone, mastoidal, outgrowth, mastoid process


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