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styloid process
noun
, Anatomy.
- a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of styloid process1
First recorded in 1700–10
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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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To inject iodoform, the needle is inserted immediately below the radial or the ulnar styloid process.
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A styloid process is more or less distinctly visible in the Chimpanzees.
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