MASTOIDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mastoidal mean? 

• MASTOIDAL (noun)
  The noun MASTOIDAL has 1 sense:

1. process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull

  Familiarity information: MASTOIDAL used as a noun is very rare.

• MASTOIDAL (adjective)
  The adjective MASTOIDAL has 1 sense:

1. relating to or resembling a nipple

  Familiarity information: MASTOIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASTOIDAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

mastoid; mastoid bone; mastoid process; mastoidal

Hypernyms ("mastoidal" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Meronyms (parts of "mastoidal"):

mastoidale (the craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid process)

Holonyms ("mastoidal" is a part of...):

os temporale; temporal bone (a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear)

• MASTOIDAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or resembling a nipple

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

mastoid; mastoidal