Sty"loid (?), a. [Style + -oid: cf. F. styloide, Gr. .]

1.

Styliform; as, the styloid process.

2. Anat.

Of or pertaining to the styloid process.

Styloid process Anat., a long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals.

 

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