styloid

[ stahy-loid ]

adjective
  1. Botany. resembling a style; slender and pointed.

  2. Anatomy. pertaining to a styloid process.

Origin of styloid

1
From the New Latin word styloīdēs, dating back to 1605–15. See style, -oid

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styloid

/ (ˈstaɪlɔɪd) /


adjective
  1. resembling a stylus

  2. anatomy of or relating to a projecting process of the temporal bone

Origin of styloid

1
C18: from New Latin styloides, from Greek stuloeidēs like a stylus; influenced also by Greek stulos pillar

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