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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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Origin of styloid

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