mastoido-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the second syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. mastoidocentesis Brit.

/maˌstɔɪdə(ʊ)sɛnˈtiːsɪs/, U.S.

/mæˌstɔɪdoʊˌsɛnˈtisᵻs/.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mastoid adj., -o- connective.

Etymology: < mastoid adj. + -o- connective. Compare French mastoïdo- (formations in which are found from early 19th cent.), and masto- comb. form¹.Formations are found from mid 19th cent.

1. Zoology. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘connecting the mastoid process and ——’, as mastoido-humeral. rare.

ΚΠ

1864 Quain's Elem. Anat. (ed. 7) I. ii. 193 In animals without a clavicle the cleido-mastoid muscle is continued into the clavicular part of the great pectoral muscle, thus forming a mastoido-humeral muscle.

1989 Q. Jrnl. Exper. Physiol. 74 277 The vagus nerve was..anastomosed with the peripheral end of the spinal accessory nerve, which innervates the trapezius and mastoido-humeral muscles.

2. Surgery. Forming nouns denoting surgical procedures involving the mastoid process or bone (often together with another structure), as mastoidocentesis, mastoido-scopy, mastoido-tympanoplasty, etc.

ΚΠ

1899 Arch. Otol. 28 436 The radical attico-mastoidotomy should be done.

1949 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. 596/1 Mastoidotomy, incision into mastoid cells or the mastoid antrum.

1966 Acta Otolaryngologica 62 1 (title) Therapeutic mastoidocentesis in Pseudomonas-mastoiditis.

1967 Arch. Otol. 103 567 (title) Mastoidoplasty with formaldehyde solution-stored bone and cartilage.

1985 Laryngoscope 95 107 (title) Soft tissue surgery of mastoidotympanoplasty.

1999 Laryngoscope 109 1023 Mastoidoscopy has shown to be a safe, effective alternative to traditional second-look mastoidectomy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mastoido-
释义	mastoido-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Some degree of stress is always maintained on the second syllable. If the subsequent element is an existing word, it is likely to retain its original stress pattern, e.g. mastoidocentesis Brit. /maˌstɔɪdə(ʊ)sɛnˈtiːsɪs/, U.S. /mæˌstɔɪdoʊˌsɛnˈtisᵻs/. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mastoid adj., -o- connective. Etymology: < mastoid adj. + -o- connective. Compare French mastoïdo- (formations in which are found from early 19th cent.), and masto- comb. form¹.Formations are found from mid 19th cent. 1. Zoology. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘connecting the mastoid process and ——’, as mastoido-humeral. rare. ΚΠ 1864 Quain's Elem. Anat. (ed. 7) I. ii. 193 In animals without a clavicle the cleido-mastoid muscle is continued into the clavicular part of the great pectoral muscle, thus forming a mastoido-humeral muscle. 1989 Q. Jrnl. Exper. Physiol. 74 277 The vagus nerve was..anastomosed with the peripheral end of the spinal accessory nerve, which innervates the trapezius and mastoido-humeral muscles. 2. Surgery. Forming nouns denoting surgical procedures involving the mastoid process or bone (often together with another structure), as mastoidocentesis, mastoido-scopy, mastoido-tympanoplasty, etc. ΚΠ 1899 Arch. Otol. 28 436 The radical attico-mastoidotomy should be done. 1949 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. 596/1 Mastoidotomy, incision into mastoid cells or the mastoid antrum. 1966 Acta Otolaryngologica 62 1 (title) Therapeutic mastoidocentesis in Pseudomonas-mastoiditis. 1967 Arch. Otol. 103 567 (title) Mastoidoplasty with formaldehyde solution-stored bone and cartilage. 1985 Laryngoscope 95 107 (title) Soft tissue surgery of mastoidotympanoplasty. 1999 Laryngoscope 109 1023 Mastoidoscopy has shown to be a safe, effective alternative to traditional second-look mastoidectomy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1864
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