styloid

English

Etymology

style +‎ -oid, i.e. shaped like a pen.

Adjective

styloid (not comparable)

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the styloid process, a long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals; styliform.

Translations

of or pertaining to the styloid process

French: styloïde (fr)
Italian: stiloide, stiloideo

Spanish: estiloides, estiloideo

Noun

styloid (plural styloids)

(anatomy) The styloid process.

Translations

the styloid process

Spanish: estiloides m

References

styloid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

Doylist, ditosyl

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