styloid

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈstaɪ.lɔɪd/

Definition of styloid

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Resembling a stylus or pen.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Resembling a stylus or pen.
  2. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the styloid process.
    “But is the human hyoid nevertheless absolutely deprived of the lateral parts of the skull? That is not the case. A ligament coming from each small callosity or from the apohyal is prolonged laterally and reaches the extremity of the styloid apophysis.”

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of styloid process.

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Etymology

From style or stylus + -oid (“-like, resembling”). Compare Ancient Greek στῡλοειδής (stūloeidḗs).

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