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MASTOIDAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
Synonyms:
mastoid; mastoid bone; mastoid process; mastoidal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mastoidal" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Meronyms (parts of "mastoidal"):
mastoidale (the craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid process)
Holonyms ("mastoidal" is a part of...):
os temporale; temporal bone (a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or resembling a nipple
Synonyms:
mastoid; mastoidal
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
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