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styloid
1. Styloid process (change), a long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal (temple or side of the head) bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals.
2. Resembling a style in shape; slender and pointed; such as, the styloid muscles in carnivores.
3. Relating to, or designating any of several slender, pointed bone processes, especially the spine that projects from the base of the temporal bone.
2. Resembling a style in shape; slender and pointed; such as, the styloid muscles in carnivores.
3. Relating to, or designating any of several slender, pointed bone processes, especially the spine that projects from the base of the temporal bone.
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(Greek: column; pillar; pillarlike implement or structure, especially the styloid process of the temporal bone)