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Definition of Styloid
1. a. Styliform; as, the styloid process.
Definition of Styloid
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the styloid process; a long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals; styliform. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Styloid
1. slender and pointed [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Styloid
Literary usage of Styloid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"... just within the condyle of the lower jaw, and being a small point, like the
point of the stylus, or iron pen, it also is named styloid PROCESS. ..."
2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"It is narrow belkind; much broader before; and is attached to the styloid process
of the temporal bone, and to the stylo-maxillary ligament; and is inserted ..."
3. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"... the medial with the lateral margin of the jugular surface; (9) between these
laminae is the styloid process, a sharp spine, about 2.5 cm. in length; ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"A slender muscle arising from the styloid process and inserted into the side of
the tongue. ... Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the tongue. ..."
5. A Manual of modern surgery, general and operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1894)
"Fracture of the styloid process of the ulna is due to direct force. The displacement
is obvious. Treatment.—In treating fracture of the styloid process, ..."
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