English Explanatory Dictionary

mastoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
  2. Being any of several bony elements that occupy a similar position in the skull of lower vertebrates.
  3. Of or relating to the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
  4. Shaped like a nipple.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of mastoid process.
  2. Clipping of mastoiditis.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæ.stɔɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mastoid.wav

Word forms

mastoid mastoids

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”).

Synonyms

mammiform mastoid mastoidal mammillariform mammillary mammose

Related words

breasts

Derived words

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