mastoid

2 definitions found

mastoid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mastoid \Mas"toid\, a. [Gr. ?; masto`s the breast + e'i^dos
     form: cf. F. masto["i]de.] (Anat.)
     (a) Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied
         specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the
         ear.
     (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process;
         mastoidal.
         [1913 Webster]

mastoid - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mastoid
      adj 1: of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process
      2: relating to or resembling a nipple [syn: mastoid,
         mastoidal]
      n 1: process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of
           the skull [syn: mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone
           , mastoidal]