styloid

English

Etymology

From style or stylus +‎ -oid (“-like, resembling”). Compare Ancient Greek στῡλοειδής (stūloeidḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪ.lɔɪd/
• Rhymes: -aɪlɔɪd

Adjective

styloid (not comparable)

1. Resembling a stylus or pen.

   Synonym: styliform

2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the styloid process.
   • 2004, Herve Le Guyader, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire: A Visionary Naturalist, page 162:

     But is the human hyoid nevertheless absolutely deprived of the lateral parts of the skull? That is not the case. A ligament coming from each small callosity or from the apohyal is prolonged laterally and reaches the extremity of the styloid apophysis.

Derived terms

• poststyloid
• prestyloid
• stylo-, styl-
• styloid process

Translations

of or pertaining to the styloid process

• French: styloïde (fr)
• Italian: stiloide, stiloideo
• Spanish: estiloides, estiloideo

Noun

styloid (plural styloids)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of styloid process.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: estiloides m

References

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

Anagrams

• Doylist, ditosyl, odylist