styloid

[ stahy-loid ]

adjective

1. Botany. resembling a style; slender and pointed.
2. Anatomy. pertaining to a styloid process.

styloid

/ ˈstaɪlɔɪd /

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of styloid¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of styloid¹

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

Example Sentences

The ulna should be cut obliquely, leaving the base of the styloid process, and removing all the cartilage-covered portion.

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The radial styloid is displaced forward, upward, and to the radial side, and the ulnar styloid may be torn off.

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To inject iodoform, the needle is inserted immediately below the radial or the ulnar styloid process.

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Ligament wanting; shell gaping, with a styloid apophysis in the umbonal cavities.

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A styloid process is more or less distinctly visible in the Chimpanzees.

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