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styloid process

American  

noun

Anatomy.
  1. a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.


Etymology

Origin of styloid process

First recorded in 1700–10

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That scan revealed a styloid process that was just over an inch long.

From Washington Post Feb. 23, 2015

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

The shaft portions of both the ulna and radius have an interosseous border, whereas the distal ends of each bone have a pointed styloid process.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

The lateral end of the radius has a pointed projection called the styloid process of the radius.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

The styloid process is small; in monkeys it is wanting.

From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson

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