(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:48:38

Par`a*mas"toid (?), a. [Pref. para- + mastoid.] Anat.

Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

 

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