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Mastoid

Mās'toid, n.

noun

n. (Anat.) A bone of the skull. See SKULL.

Mās'toid, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. mastoïde, It. mastoideo, Gr. μαστοειδής, from μαστός, the breast of a woman, and εἶδος, form.] Resembling the nipple or breast; as, the mastoid process of the temporal bone.