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Definition of: mastoid
(mas′toid) adjective Anat.
1. Designating a process of the temporal bone behind the ear for the attachment of muscles.
2. Pertaining to or situated near this process.
3. Nipplelike; breastlike.
—noun The mastoid process. [<Gk. mastoeidēs <mastos breast + eidos form]
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