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
Eagle syndrome occurs when a piece of bone called a styloid process, which extends from the skull into the ear, presses on or irritates adjacent structures, including the glossopharyngeal nerve.
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
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
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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