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
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That scan revealed a styloid process that was just over an inch long.
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 tongue is attached to the mandible, the styloid processes of the temporal bones, and the hyoid bone.
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
Another circular sweep just above the pisiform and unciform bones divides all the soft textures, after which the joint may be opened, and, if necessary, the styloid processes cut away with saw or pliers.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
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