Mastoid Synonyms

măstoid
Process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. mastoid-process
  2. mastoid-bone
  3. mastoidal
Relating to or resembling a nipple
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. mastoidal

Words Related to Mastoid

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. ethmoid
  2. sphenoid
  3. lacrimal
  4. nasal-cavity
  5. parenchyma
  6. hyoid-bone

Mastoid Sentence Examples

  • They have long hind limbs, large eyes and ears; and in correlation with the latter an enlarged auditory bulla to the skull, which is hollow and divided into a tympanic and a mastoid portion.

  • In the highly specialized mastoid region of the skull, the North American Oligocene Protoptychus approaches to Dipopodomys, while the contemporary Gymnoptychus and Entoptychus likewise appear referable to the Geomyidae.

  • Neanderthals also had a pronounced series of bony crests on their mastoid process, located just behind their ears.

  • Infection of the mastoid air cells is called mastoid air cells is called mastoiditis.

  • The patient wears headphones when air conduction is tested and a vibrating earpiece behind the ear next to the mastoid bone or along the forehead when bone conduction is tested.

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