Mas"toid (?), a. [Gr. ; the breast + form: cf. F. mastoide.] 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.

 

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