mastoid
nounEtymology Borrowed from New Latin mastoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (măstoeidḗs, “like a breast”), from μᾰστός (măstós, “a woman's breast”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
- Derived terms
- mastoidal, mastoidectomy, mastoiditis
mastoid
adj/ˈmæ.stɔɪd/
Etymology Borrowed from New Latin mastoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (măstoeidḗs, “like a breast”), from μᾰστός (măstós, “a woman's breast”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
- Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.1899, Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, volumes 6-8, page 192:
- Synonyms
- mammiform, mastoid, mastoidal, mammillariform, mammillary, mammose
- Derived terms
- atlantomastoid, bimastoid, cleidomastoid, juxtamastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid cell, mastoid process, occipitomastoid, otomastoid, paramastoid, parietomastoid, petromastoid, postmastoid, retromastoid, sternocleidomastoid, sternomastoid, stylomastoid, supramastoid, transmastoid, tympanomastoid
- Related terms
- breasts
- Hypernyms
- protuberant, rounded