styloid process
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of styloid process
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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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
That scan revealed a styloid process that was just over an inch long.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2015
The lateral end of the radius has a pointed projection called the styloid process of the radius.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Its entrance is located on the outside base of the skull, anteromedial to the styloid process.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The styloid process, as has already been pointed out, is frequently broken in association with Colles' and other fractures of the lower end of the radius.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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