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styloid process

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of styloid process1

First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences

The ulna should be cut obliquely, leaving the base of the styloid process, and removing all the cartilage-covered portion.

To inject iodoform, the needle is inserted immediately below the radial or the ulnar styloid process.

A styloid process is more or less distinctly visible in the Chimpanzees.

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