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MASTOIDAL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull

Synonyms:

mastoid; mastoid bone; mastoid process; mastoidal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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) 

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Meaning:

Relating to or resembling a nipple

Synonyms:

mastoid; mastoidal

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

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