HyperDic: mastoid_process

English > 1 sense of the expression mastoid process:
NOUNbodymastoid process, mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoidalprocess of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
English > mastoid process: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningProcess of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull.
Synonymsmastoid, mastoid bone, mastoidal
Part oftemporal bone, os temporaleA thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
PartsmastoidaleThe craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid process
Broaderprocess, outgrowth, appendageA natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
Spanishapófisis mastoides, mastoides
Catalanapòfisi mastoide, mastoide

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