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Mastoid

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Noun

1. mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal

process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull

Adjective

2. mastoid

of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process

3. mastoid, mastoidal

relating to or resembling a nipple

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mastoid

see synonyms of mastoid
adjective
1. 
shaped like a nipple or breast
2. Also: mastoidal
designating or relating to a nipple-like process of the temporal bone behind the ear
noun
3. 
the mastoid process
4. informal
mastoiditis

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Mastoid

see synonyms of mastoid
adjective
1. 
shaped like a breast or nipple
2. 
designating, of, or near a projection of the temporal bone behind the ear
noun
3. 
the mastoid projection
4.  Informal
mastoiditis

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mastoid

see synonyms of mastoid
n.
The mastoid process.
adj.
1. Of or relating to the mastoid process.
2. Shaped like a breast or nipple.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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