styloid process

American  

noun

Anatomy.

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

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Etymology

Origin of styloid process

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

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

Compared to the styloid process of the ulna, the styloid process of the radius projects more distally, thereby limiting the range of movement for lateral deviations of the hand at the wrist joint.

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

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph