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mastoid

noun

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L323699 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

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L338309 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

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”).

  1. Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
  2. Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
  3. Of or relating to the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
  4. 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”).

  1. Ellipsis of mastoid process.
  2. Clipping of mastoiditis.