Definitions for mastoid

mastoid mas·toid

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IPA: /ˈmæs tɔɪd/

Mastoid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 253 anagrams from letters in mastoid (adimost).

Definitions for mastoid

noun

  1. the mastoid process.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the mastoid process.
  2. resembling a breast or nipple.

Origin of mastoid

1725-35; New Latin mastoīdēs Greek mastoeidḗs. See masto-, -oid

Examples for mastoid

When the grafting is done at the completion of the mastoid operation.

A name applied to muscles that are attached to the mastoid process.

The mastoid portion of the ear-capsules (periotic bones) and the squamosal region is somewhat less inflated than in Galago.

This will diminish the risk of septic infection from the mastoid cavity.

The mastoid process, the bony prominence behind the ear is a projection exterior to the cerebellum.

The mastoid processes are large, which might be expected, as their hearing is acute.

The face is shorter than in the Hyracodonts, and the mastoid is covered as in recent Rhinoceroses.

In both sexes the zygomatic breadth is less, but the mastoid breadth is greater than in albicaudatus.

The paroccipital processes are short and are closely applied to the mastoid processes.

Many skeletons had a single turquois near the mastoid process of the skull, showing that they had been worn as ear pendants.

Word Value for mastoid
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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