Styloid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Styloid \Sty"loid\, a. [Style + -oid: cf. F. stylo["i]de, Gr.
     ?.]
     1. Styliform; as, the styloid process.
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     2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process.


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     {Styloid process} (Anat.), a long and slender process from
        the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding
        to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals.
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