Usually means: Bone located behind the ear.
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  1. mastoid bone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. mastoid bone: Vocabulary.com
  3. mastoid bone: Wiktionary
  4. mastoid bone: Dictionary.com
  5. mastoid bone: Rhymezone
  6. mastoid bone: FreeDictionary.org
  7. mastoid bone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. mastoid bone: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mastoid bone: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Mastoid bone: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mastoid bone)

▸ noun:  The mastoid process.

Similar:
mastoid process, mastoid, processus mastoideus, temporal apophysis, mastoid cell, tympanal, mastoidectomy, styloid process, belemnoid, paramastoid, more...

Opposite:
frontal bone, temporal bone, occipital bone

Phrases:
mastoid part of temporal bone, Mastoid part of the temporal bone, more...

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Similar:
mastoid process, mastoid, processus mastoideus, temporal apophysis, mastoid cell, tympanal, mastoidectomy, styloid process, belemnoid, paramastoid, more...

Opposite:
frontal bone, temporal bone, occipital bone

Phrases:
mastoid part of temporal bone, Mastoid part of the temporal bone, more...



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