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Definitions of mastoid
  1. adjective
    relating to or resembling a nipple

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  2. noun
    process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
  3. of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process
Definition that contains mastoid
  • mastoiditis inflammation of the mastoid
  • sternocleidomastoid one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head
  • mastoid of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process
  • vena sternocleidomastoidea drains the sternocleidomastoid muscle; empties into the internal jugular vein
  • mastoidale the craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid process
  • musculus sternocleidomastoideus one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head
  • sternocleidomastoid muscle one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head
  • mastoidectomy surgical removal of some or all of the mastoid process
  • plexus cervicalis a nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle
  • asterion the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture
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