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Mastoid

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process.
2.
Relating to or resembling a nipple.  Synonym: mastoidal.



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"Mastoid" Quotes from Famous Books



... (topotypes) to the northwestward, T. t. attenuatus differs in shorter body, slightly grayer color, less width across mastoid region of skull, smaller tympanic bullae, and more ...
— Two New Pocket Gophers from Wyoming and Colorado • E. Raymond Hall
... ear is also connected with a cavity in the bone back of the ear (mastoid cavity or cells), and the outer and lower wall is formed by the drum membrane. Vibrations started by sound waves which strike the ear are connected by means of a chain of three little bones from the drum through the middle ear to the nervous apparatus ...
— The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) • Various


Words linked to "Mastoid" :   appendage, mastoid process, mastoidale, nipple, process, outgrowth, mastoid bone, temporal bone, os temporale


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