paramastoid
English
Etymology
para- + mastoid
Adjective
paramastoid (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
Noun
paramastoid (plural paramastoids)
- (anatomy) A paramastoid process.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for paramastoid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)