mastoid
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈmæ.stɔɪd/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin mastoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (măstoeidḗs, “like a breast”), from μᾰστός (măstós, “a woman's breast”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
- Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
- Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
- Of or relating to the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
- Shaped like a nipple.
“Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.”
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin mastoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (măstoeidḗs, “like a breast”), from μᾰστός (măstós, “a woman's breast”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
- Ellipsis of mastoid process.
- Clipping of mastoiditis.