MASTOID

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 30

adj. Ma2st'oid. Gr., (ncwrroeifi^'f. /uao-TtiSr)* (from naa-roi, the breast, and etio, resemblance). Lat., MMtoae*, > rnt iy. It., Sp., mastoideo. 1. Resembling a nipple or teat: as a n.. the m. proce of the temporal bone. [C.] 2. Of or pertaining to the m. proce . MASTOIDAL, MAS TO IDEA I,, adi's. Ma2st-oid'a2l, -e2-a2!. Pertaining to the mastoid proce . [C, l.J [s. 718]