'Styloid process' definitions:
Definition of 'styloid process'
From: WordNet
noun
Extends from the base of the temporal bone
Definition of 'Styloid process'
From: GCIDE
- Styloid \Sty"loid\, a. [Style + -oid: cf. F. stylo["i]de, Gr. ?.]
- 1. Styliform; as, the styloid process. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process. [1913 Webster]
- Styloid process (Anat.), a long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals. [1913 Webster]