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Noun: mastoid bone
  1. Process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
    - mastoid, mastoid process, mastoidal

Derived forms: mastoid bones

Type of: appendage, outgrowth, process

Part of: os temporale, temporal bone

Encyclopedia: Mastoid bone

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Mastigophora
mastigophoran
mastigophore
Mastigoproctus
Mastigoproctus giganteus
mastitis
mastocyte
mastodon
mastodont
mastoid
mastoid bone
mastoid process
mastoidal
mastoidale
mastoidectomy
mastoiditis
mastopathy
mastopexy
Mastotermes
Mastotermes darwiniensis
Mastotermes electrodominicus