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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull;
[syn: mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process;

2. relating to or resembling a nipple;
[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]