paramastoid

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ mastoid.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstɔɪd

Adjective

paramastoid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

   paramastoid cell

   paramastoid crest

Derived terms

• paramastoid process

Noun

paramastoid (plural paramastoids)

1. (anatomy) A paramastoid process.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “paramastoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)