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styloid
[ stahy-loid ]
/ ˈstaɪ lɔɪd /
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adjective
Botany. resembling a style; slender and pointed.
Anatomy. pertaining to a styloid process.
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Words nearby styloid
stylobate, stylograph, stylographic, stylography, stylohyoid, styloid, styloid process, stylolite, stylometry, stylophone, stylopize
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British Dictionary definitions for styloid
styloid
/ (ˈstaɪlɔɪd) /
adjective
resembling a stylus
anatomy of or relating to a projecting process of the temporal bone
Word Origin for styloid
C18: from New Latin styloides, from Greek stuloeidēs like a stylus; influenced also by Greek stulos pillar
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