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mastoidean, a.|mæˈstɔɪdiːən|
[f. mod.L. mastoīde-us pertaining to the mastoid (f. mastoīd-ēs mastoid) + -an. Cf. F. mastoidien.]
Of or belonging to the mastoid.
1841Owen in Brit. Assoc. Rep. (1842) 75 The mastoidean angle is not uninterruptedly united with the back part of the articular process of the tympanic... The mastoidean bone has a concavity as its descending part. 1846F. Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg. 104 The second [movement] causes [the sternomastoid muscle] to project forwards.., placing its mastoidean insection on a plane anterior. |