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Process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
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mastoid
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull [syn: mastoid process , mastoid bone , mastoidal ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mastoid \Mas"toid\, a. [Gr. ?; masto`s the breast + e'i^dos form: cf. F. masto["i]de.] (Anat.) Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear. Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. Of or relating to the mastoid process. n. (context anatomy English) The mastoid process. Etymology 2 a. Shaped like a breast or nipple.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"breast-shaped, resembling a breast or nipple," 1732, from Greek mastoeides "resembling a breast," from mastos "(woman's) breast" (see masto- ) + -oeides "like," from eidos "form, shape" (see -oid ). As a noun, 1800, from the adjective.
Usage examples of mastoid.
In a case of Sangster, reported by Politzer, although most of the dermoids, as usual, were like fibroma-nodules and therefore the color of normal skin, those over the mastoid processes and clavicle were lemon-yellow, and were generally thought to be xanthoma until they were excised, and Politzer found they were typical dermoid cysts with the usual contents of degenerated epithelium and hair.
This manual conversation avoided any monitoring by Control through their mastoid critics.
The big man had no mastoid critic but with his headset still in place his every word could still be monitored by Control.
Sanger saw that Quantrill was staring at nothing, but his hand tore at the hair over his mastoid as though idly plucking fur from a stuffed animal.
In the deepest part of her brutal incision the hollow irregular mastoid cells were larger, and Sanger perceived a larger cavity the size of her fingertip before upwelling gore from surrounding tissue blocked her view.
Among the crimson debris were both wire-linked pieces of the mastoid critic.
The ball entered the skull beneath the left mastoid process and passed out of the right eye.
Brigade implant in her left mastoid bone, and her belly twisted in an abrupt resurgence of guilt.
She heard his voice over her mastoid com implant, and something like a subliminal echo of it through the headset.
But whether he needed to see it or not, she needed to express it, and her smoky soprano voice was very quiet, and infinitely gentle, in his mastoid implant.
When he cringed at the sheer power of her vocal volume, she relented and turned it down, deactivating the mastoid bone receiver entirely.
Lights for the mastoid implants clicked on, followed by the fiber optic pickups implanted in the skin at the outer corners of his eyes.
Sometimes there would be mechanical sounds, and others, the high-pitched whining, beeping sound that sent sharp pains through the mastoid bones.
I used my elbow, colliding with her cheekbone where it met the mastoid and following through with the rest of my arm, sweeping her out of the way while I snatched at the revolver next to my leg.
He wondered whether, as long as he was at the mod parlor, he should have the batteries drilled out of his right mastoid and replaced.