mastoidadjective
uk/ˈmæs.tɔɪd/us/ˈmæs.tɔɪd/specializedrelating to the mastoid process (= part of the skull just behind the ear):
Mastoidectomy is performed to remove infected air cells within the mastoid bone.
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The head & face
- -cheeked
- -chinned
- -faced
- beak
- chin
- countenance
- dimple
- facial
- facies
- frontalis
- hairline
- nape
- neck
- nose
- nuchal
- pes anserinus
- splenius
- temple
- temporal
- weak-chinned
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shaped like a breast or a nipple (= one of the two small darker parts that stick out from the breasts or chest)
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- alveolus
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- grey matter
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- lymph vessel
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- platysma
- vitreous humour
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