paramastoid

English edit

Etymology edit

para- +‎ mastoid

Pronunciation edit

Rhymes: -æstɔɪd

Adjective edit

paramastoid (not comparable)

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

Noun edit

paramastoid (plural paramastoids)

(anatomy) A paramastoid process.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “paramastoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)