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Mastoid   Listen
adjective
Mastoid  adj.  (Anat.)
(a)
Resembling the nipple or the breast; applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
(b)
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process; mastoidal.





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"Mastoid" Quotes from Famous Books



... and prominent. All the foramina for the transmission of the sensiferous nerves are large, the auditory particularly so; while the foramen, through which the carotid artery enters the skull, is small. The mastoid processes are large, which might be expected, as their hearing is acute. The styloid process is small; in monkeys it is wanting. The position of the 'foramen magnum', as in all savage tribes, is more behind the middle ...
— The Bushman - Life in a New Country • Edward Wilson Landor
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Words linked to "Mastoid" :   appendage, mastoid process, process, nipple, mastoidale, mastoidal, temporal bone, outgrowth, mastoid bone, os temporale


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