"mastoid" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmæ.stɔɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mastoid.wav [US]
Rhymes: -æstɔɪd 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₂d-|id=wet}} [Template:root], {{bor|en|NL.|mastoīdēs}} New Latin mastoīdēs, {{bor|en|grc|μᾰστοειδής||like a breast}} Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (mastoeidḗs, “like a breast”), {{af|grc|μᾰστός|-ειδής|nocat=1|t1=a woman's breast|t2=-like, -oid}} μᾰστός (mastós, “a woman's breast”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mastoid (not comparable)
  1. (anatomy) Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-mastoid-en-adj-dVduFdX9 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (anatomy) Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
    (zootomy) Being any of several bony elements that occupy a similar position in the skull of lower vertebrates.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-mastoid-en-adj-QeshlukF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 42 30 Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
  3. (anatomy) Of or relating to the mastoid process of the temporal bone. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-mastoid-en-adj-zIU-zAbx Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mammiform, mastoid, mastoidal, mammillariform, mammillary, mammose Related terms: breasts

Noun

IPA: /ˈmæ.stɔɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mastoid.wav [US] Forms: mastoids [plural]
Rhymes: -æstɔɪd 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meh₂d-|id=wet}} [Template:root], {{bor|en|NL.|mastoīdēs}} New Latin mastoīdēs, {{bor|en|grc|μᾰστοειδής||like a breast}} Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (mastoeidḗs, “like a breast”), {{af|grc|μᾰστός|-ειδής|nocat=1|t1=a woman's breast|t2=-like, -oid}} μᾰστός (mastós, “a woman's breast”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mastoid (plural mastoids)
  1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of mastoid process.. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: mastoid process Categories (topical): Skeleton
    Sense id: en-mastoid-en-noun-CuNRKwqf Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -oid Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 16 22 17 28 16 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (pathology, informal) Clipping of mastoiditis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: mastoiditis Categories (topical): Diseases
    Sense id: en-mastoid-en-noun-PCs0O4IS Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mastoidal, mastoidectomy, mastoiditis

Inflected forms

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