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Meanings of mastoid process in English

Catalan
mastoide
Wikidata

Process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull.

mastoide
Portuguese
mastoide
Spanish
processus mastoideus
Catalan
apòfisi mastoide
Wikidata

Zone of bone organ.

Related terms
mastoide
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Usage of mastoid process in English
1
That includes all of it, along with, like, your philtrum, duodenum, and mastoid process.
The football fan's manifesto
2
The ball entered the skull beneath the left mastoid process and passed out of the right eye.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
3
I recognized an orbital ridge, a sliver of zygomatic arch, a mastoid process, a mandibular condyle, isolated teeth.
Bones of the Lost
4
The mastoid process- aspurlikeprojection just behind the ears, where the neck muscles attach-isgenerally larger in men than in women.
Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
5
The serf could hear nothing; Hazleton was speaking into his throat mikes, audible only to the receiver imbedded in Amalfi's right mastoid process.
Cities in Flight
6
Two left pubic tubercles, or mastoid processes, or femoral condyles meant two different individuals.
Deadly Décisions
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The bulging brow ridges, prominent nuchal crest, and large mastoid processes gave me gender.
Bones of the Lost
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The mastoid processes are large, which might be expected, as their hearing is acute.
The Bushman — Life in a New Country
9
Skull: bulging brow ridges, blunt orbital borders, large crests, muscle attachments, and mastoid processes.
Cross Bones
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Cranial fragments showed large brow ridges and mastoid processes, and an occipital muscle attachment the size of my sneaker.
Bones to Ashes