Category:Styloid

Sty"loid, a. Etym: [style + -oid: cf. F. styloïde, gr.

1. Styliform; as, the styloid process.

2. (anat.)

Defn: of or pertaining to the styloid process. Styloid process (anat.), a long and slender process from the lower side of the Temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal Of other animals.