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单词 styloid
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styloid

[ stahy-loid ]
/ ˈstaɪ lɔɪd /

adjective

Botany. resembling a style; slender and pointed.
Anatomy. pertaining to a styloid process.

Origin of styloid

From the New Latin word styloīdēs, dating back to 1605–15. See style, -oid

Words nearby styloid

stylograph, stylographic, stylography, stylohyal, stylohyoid, styloid, styloiditis, styloid process, styloid process of radius, styloid process of temporal bone, styloid process of ulna
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Example sentences from the Web for styloid

  • The ulna should be cut obliquely, leaving the base of the styloid process, and removing all the cartilage-covered portion.

    A Manual of the Operations of Surgery|Joseph Bell

  • A styloid process is more or less distinctly visible in the Chimpanzees.

    A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2)|Henry O. Forbes

  • Ligament wanting; shell gaping, with a styloid apophysis in the umbonal cavities.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for styloid

styloid
/ (ˈstaɪlɔɪd) /

adjective

resembling a stylus
anatomy of or relating to a projecting process of the temporal bone

Word Origin for styloid

C18: from New Latin styloides, from Greek stuloeidēs like a stylus; influenced also by Greek stulos pillar
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for styloid

styloid
[ stī′loid′ ]

n.

Of or relating to any of several slender pointed bone processes, especially the spine that projects from the base of the temporal bone.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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