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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK];

μαστόσ

the breast +

εἶδοσ

form: cf. F.

mastoïde

(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.

Adj.

[Gr. the nipple or breast, and form.]

Resembling the nipple or breast; as the mastoid muscle; the mastoid process.