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STYLOID PROCESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extends from the base of the temporal bone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("styloid process" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Holonyms ("styloid process" is a part of...):
os temporale; temporal bone (a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear)