[syn: mastoid, mastoidal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mastoid \Mas"toid\, a. [Gr. ?; masto`s the breast + e'i^dos
form: cf. F. masto["i]de.] (Anat.)
(a) Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied
specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the
ear.
(b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process;
mastoidal.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mastoid
adj 1: of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process
2: relating to or resembling a nipple [syn: mastoid,
mastoidal]
n 1: process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of
the skull [syn: mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid
bone, mastoidal]