styloid
Americanadjective
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Botany. resembling a style; slender and pointed.
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Anatomy. pertaining to a styloid process.
adjective
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resembling a stylus
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anatomy of or relating to a projecting process of the temporal bone
Etymology
Origin of styloid
From the New Latin word styloīdēs, dating back to 1605–15. See style, -oid
Example Sentences
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About 4 percent of the population has an elongated styloid process — considered to be longer than about an inch — but only 4 percent of them develop a problem as a result.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2015
That scan revealed a styloid process that was just over an inch long.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2015
Its entrance is located on the outside base of the skull, anteromedial to the styloid process.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The tongue is attached to the mandible, the styloid processes of the temporal bones, and the hyoid bone.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Digastric.—This muscle arises from the styloid process of the occipital bone and from the jugular process; it thence passes downwards and forwards, and terminates variously, in different species.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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