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mastoids

mastoids is the plural of mastoid.

Meaning of mastoid

Adjective

mastoid (not comparable)

  1. Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
    1. Being any of several bony elements that occupy a similar position in the skull of lower vertebrates.
  2. Of or relating to the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
  3. Shaped like a nipple.
    • Spores tetrahedral, paraphyses mastoid-claviform, scales smooth, entire.1899, Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, volumes 6-8, page 192

Questions about mastoids

What is mastoids the plural of?
Mastoids is the plural of mastoid.

Words near mastoids in the dictionary

  1. mastoidectomies
  2. mastoidectomy
  3. mastoidites
  4. mastoiditides
  5. mastoiditis
  6. mastoids
  7. mastological
  8. mastologist
  9. mastologists
  10. mastology
  11. Maston

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