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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[

Style

-oid

: cf. F.

styloïde

, Gr. [GREEK].]

Styliform;

as, the

styloid

process

(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.

Adj.

[L., Gr.] Having some resemblance to a style or pen; as the styloid process of the temporal bone.