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paramastoid, a. (n.) Anat.|pærəˈmæstɔɪd| [f. Gr. παρα- para-1 1 + mastoid.] Situated near the mastoid process: applied to certain processes of the occipital bone, also called paroccipital. b. as n. A paramastoid process.
1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 370/2 The paramastoid apophysis is dilated into a prominent plate. 1866Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 101 None of the skulls exhibit paramastoid or pneumatic processes of the occipital bone. 1868Darwin Anim. & Pl. I. iv. 118 The paramastoids relatively..are generally much thicker than in the wild rabbit. |