mastoid

mas·toid

M0144900 (măs′toid′)n. The mastoid process.adj.1. Of or relating to the mastoid process.2. Shaped like a breast or nipple.

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[New Latin mastoīdēs, nipple-like, mastoid (from its shape), from Greek mastoeidēs : mastos, breast + -oeidēs, -oid.]

mastoid

(ˈmæstɔɪd) adj1. (Anatomy) shaped like a nipple or breast2. (Anatomy) Also: mastoidal designating or relating to a nipple-like process of the temporal bone behind the earn3. (Anatomy) the mastoid process4. (Pathology) informal mastoiditis

mas•toid

(ˈmæs tɔɪd)

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the mastoid process. 2. resembling a breast or nipple. n. 3. the mastoid process. [1725–35; < Greek mastoeidḗs=mast(ós) breast + -oeidēs -oid]

mas·toid

(măs′toid′) A protruding area of bone in the lower part of the skull that is located behind the ear in humans and many other vertebrates.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mastoid - process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skullmastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidalmastoidale - the craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid processos temporale, temporal bone - a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner earappendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
Adj.	1.	mastoid - of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process
	2.	mastoid - relating to or resembling a nipple mastoidal

Translations

mastoide