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Definition of Mastoidal

1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling a nipple.

2. Noun. Process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull.

Definition of Mastoidal

1. a. Same as Mastoid.

Definition of Mastoidal

1. Adjective. mastoid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Mastoidal

1. A bony process off the base of the skull that is composed of air cells. Inflammation of the mastoid is known as mastoiditis. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mastoidal

mastoid cells mastoid emissary vein mastoid empyema mastoid fontanel mastoid foramen mastoid fossa mastoid groove mastoid lymph nodes mastoid margin of occipital bone mastoid notch

mastoid part of the temporal bone mastoid process mastoid processes mastoid sinuses mastoid wall of middle ear mastoidal (current term) mastoidale mastoidectomies mastoidectomy mastoiditides

mastoiditis mastoiditises mastoids mastology mastoncus mastoparan mastoparans mastoparietal mastopathy mastopexies

Literary usage of Mastoidal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1901)
"mastoidal antrum. The opening can then be cautiously enlarged with chisel and bone ... The greater number of these communicate with the mastoidal antrum, ..."

2. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"The mastoidal antrum, the tympanum with its contents, the osseous portion ... mastoidal Antrum.—This is a recess or air-chamber in the petrous bone with a ..."

3. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1908)
"The mastoidal antrum, the tympanum with its contents, the osseous portion ... mastoidal Antrum.—This is a recess or air-chamber in the petrous bone with a ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1847)
"... gave origin to the mastoidal muscle. The origins of muscles are not, however, sufficiently constant to be included amongst the characters of connection ..."

5. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"Skull (of type): Greatest length, 34; zygomatic breadth, 20.9; mastoidal breadth, 17.2; interorbital breadth, 7.3; length of nasals, 9.2; alveolar length of ..."

6. On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton by Richard Owen (1848)
"... gave origin to the mastoidal muscle. The origins of muscles are not, however, sufficiently constant to be included amongst the characters of connection ..."

7. Cranio-muscular Origins of Brain and Mind by Philip Henry Erbés (1904)
"Touch a worm and it will throw itself from side to side, actions in which the muscles which answer for the mastoidal take a leading part. ..."

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