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mastoid bone

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mastoid bone
n.
See mastoid process.
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Noun1.mastoid bonemastoid bone - process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
mastoid, mastoid process, mastoidal
mastoidale - the craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid process
os temporale, temporal bone - a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"


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