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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mastoid \Mas"toid\, a. [Gr. ?; ? the breast + ? form: cf F.
masto["i]de.] (Anat.)
a Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied
specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the
ear.
b Pertaining to or in the region of the mastoid process;
mastoidal.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mastoid
adj : relating to or resembling a nipple [syn: {mastoidal}]
n : behind the ear at the base of the skull [syn: {mastoid
process}]
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