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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mastoid  \Mas"toid\,  a.  [Gr.  ?;  ?  the  breast  +  ?  form:  cf  F. 
  masto["i]de.]  (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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mastoid 
  adj  :  relating  to  or  resembling  a  nipple  [syn:  {mastoidal}] 
  n  :  behind  the  ear  at  the  base  of  the  skull  [syn:  {mastoid 
  process}] 




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