mastoid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin mastoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (mastoeidḗs, “like a breast”), from μᾰστός (mastós, “a woman's breast”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæ.stɔɪd/

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• Rhymes: -æstɔɪd

Adjective

mastoid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
   1. (zootomy) Being any of several bony elements that occupy a similar position in the skull of lower vertebrates.
2. (anatomy) Of or relating to the mastoid process of the temporal bone.

Derived terms

• atlantomastoid
• bimastoid
• cleidomastoid
• juxtamastoid
• mastoid bone
• mastoid cell
• mastoid process
• occipitomastoid
• otomastoid
• paramastoid
• parietomastoid
• petromastoid
• postmastoid
• retromastoid
• sternocleidomastoid
• sternomastoid
• stylomastoid
• supramastoid
• transmastoid
• tympanomastoid

 

Noun

mastoid (plural mastoids)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of mastoid process..
2. (pathology, informal) Clipping of mastoiditis.

Derived terms

• mastoidal
• mastoidectomy
• mastoiditis

References

• “mastoid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “mastoid”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• diatoms