Definition of styloid in English:
styloid
adjective ˈstʌɪlɔɪdˈstīloid
technical Resembling a stylus or pen.
nounˈstʌɪlɔɪdˈstīloid
short for styloid process
Example sentencesExamples
- Triangular fibrocartilage complex tenderness is best localized by palpating the hollow between the pisiform and ulnar styloid on the ulnar border of the wrist.
- The nature of her fall, the fractures being interarticular with residual non-union of the distal styloid will result in potentially increasing osteoarthritic change in the right wrist and hence pain.
- Diagnosis may be made by having the athlete actively ulnarly deviate the wrist in full supination observing the ECU tendon subluxing ulnarward over the styloid.