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mastoid

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Adjective, Noun
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mas=toid

CIDE DICTIONARY

mastoida. [Gr. ; masto`s the breast + e'i^dos form: cf. F. mastoïde.].
     Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mastoid, adj. & n.
--adj. shaped like a woman's breast.
--n.
1 = mastoid process.
2 colloq. mastoiditis.

Idiom
mastoid process a conical prominence on the temporal bone behind the ear, to which muscles are attached.
Etymology
F masto{iuml}de or mod.L mastoides f. Gk mastoeides f. mastos breast

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