STYLOID


Meaning of STYLOID in English

adj. & n.

adj. resembling a stylus or pen.

n. (in full styloid process) a spine of bone, esp. that projecting from the base of the temporal bone.

[ mod.L styloides f. Gk stuloeides f. stulos pillar ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.