styloid
Americanadjective
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Botany. resembling a style; slender and pointed.
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Anatomy. pertaining to a styloid process.
adjective
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resembling a stylus
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anatomy of or relating to a projecting process of the temporal bone
Etymology
Origin of styloid
From the New Latin word styloīdēs, dating back to 1605–15. See style, -oid
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
Other tests confirmed the diagnosis and suggested that she was a candidate for styloid surgery.
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
Stylomastoid foramen—This small opening is located between the styloid process and mastoid 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
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