mastoid

[ mas-toid ]

adjectiveAnatomy.
  1. of or relating to the mastoid process.

  2. resembling a breast or nipple.

noun

Origin of mastoid

1
1725–35; <New Latin mastoīdēs<Greek mastoeidḗs.See masto-, -oid

Other words from mastoid

  • in·ter·mas·toid, adjective
  • post·mas·toid, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for mastoid

mastoid

/ (ˈmæstɔɪd) /


adjective
  1. shaped like a nipple or breast

  2. designating or relating to a nipple-like process of the temporal bone behind the ear

noun
  1. the mastoid process

  2. informal mastoiditis

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