mastoides

mastoides

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (mastoeidḗs, “like a breast”), from μᾰστός (mastós, “a woman's breast”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mas.toˈi.des/, [mäst̪oˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

mastoīdēs (neuter mastoīdes or mastoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. Shaped like a breast.

Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	mastoīdēs	mastoīdes1 mastoīdēs		mastoīdēs	mastoīdia
Genitive	mastoīdis			mastoīdium
Dative	mastoīdī			mastoīdibus
Accusative	mastoīdem	mastoīdes1 mastoīdēs		mastoīdēs	mastoīdia
Ablative	mastoīdī			mastoīdibus
Vocative	mastoīdes1 mastoīdēs			mastoīdēs	mastoīdia

¹It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Derived terms

• sternocleidomastoīdēs
• sternocleidomastoīdeus

Descendants

• → English: mastoid
• → Spanish: mastoides

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˈtoides/ [masˈt̪oi̯.ð̞es]
• Rhymes: -oides
• Syllabification: mas‧toi‧des

Adjective

mastoides (invariable)

1. (anatomy) mastoid

   Synonym: mastoideo

Derived terms

• apófisis mastoides

Noun

mastoides m (plural mastoides)

1. (anatomy) mastoid; mastoid process

Related terms

• mastoideo

Further reading

• “mastoides”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014