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styloid

/ˈstaɪ.lɔɪd/

styloid adjective: resembling a stylus or pen. Also the ellipsis of styloid process.

Adjective

styloid (not comparable)

  1. Resembling a stylus or pen.
    Synonyms:
    styliform
  2. Of or pertaining to the styloid process.
    • But is the human hyoid nevertheless absolutely deprived of the lateral parts of the skull? That is not the case. A ligament coming from each small callosity or from the apohyal is prolonged laterally and reaches the extremity of the styloid apophysis.2004, Herve Le Guyader, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire: A Visionary Naturalist, page 162

Also used as

styloid is also the ellipsis of styloid process.

Synonyms of styloid

Forms of styloid

pluralstyloids

Origin of styloid

From style or stylus + -oid (“-like, resembling”). Compare Ancient Greek στῡλοειδής (stūloeidḗs).

Words formed from styloid

Phrases with styloid

Words that rhyme with styloid

Questions about styloid

What does styloid mean?
Styloid means resembling a stylus or pen.
What part of speech is styloid?
Styloid is an adjective.
How do you pronounce styloid?
Styloid is pronounced /ˈstaɪ.lɔɪd/.

Words near styloid in the dictionary

  1. stylohyoid muscles
  2. stylohyoid syndrome
  3. stylohyoidei
  4. stylohyoideus
  5. stylohyoids
  6. styloid
  7. styloid process
  8. styloid processes
  9. styloid syndrome
  10. styloidectomies
  11. styloidectomy

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