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mastoid processes

mastoid processes is the plural of mastoid process.

Meaning of mastoid process

Noun

mastoid process (plural mastoid processes)

  1. The conical, nipplelike projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone, that is situated behind the ear in humans and many other vertebrates, and serves as a site of muscle attachment.

Questions about mastoid processes

What is mastoid processes the plural of?
Mastoid processes is the plural of mastoid process.

Words near mastoid processes in the dictionary

  1. mastoid bone
  2. mastoid bones
  3. mastoid cell
  4. mastoid cells
  5. mastoid process
  6. mastoid processes
  7. mastoidal
  8. mastoidectomies
  9. mastoidectomy
  10. mastoidites
  11. mastoiditides

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