mastoid region
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Mastoid — Mas toid, a. [Gr. ?; masto s the breast + e i^dos 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mastoid — The rounded protrusion of bone just behind the ear once thought to look like the breast. The word comes from the Greek mastos meaning breast + oid= breast like. * * * 1. Resembling a mamma; breast shaped. 2. Relating to the m. process, antrum,… … Medical dictionary
Mastoid lymph nodes — Lymph: Mastoid lymph nodes Superficial lymph glands and lymphatic vessels of head and neck. (Posterior auricular labeled at center left.) … Wikipedia
mastoid — I. adjective Etymology: New Latin mastoides resembling a nipple, mastoid, from Greek mastoeidēs, from mastos breast Date: 1732 1. being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear; also being any of several bony elements that occupy a similar … New Collegiate Dictionary
region — 1. An often arbitrarily limited portion of the surface of the body. SEE ALSO: space, zone. 2. A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply, or a part of an organ having a special … Medical dictionary
Otoplasty — Otoplasty: the pre operative front aspect (left), and the post operative front aspect (right) of an infantile otopexy (ear pinback) correction to a girl. Otoplasty (Greek ōtoûs, ear + plassein, to shape) denotes the surgical and non surgical… … Wikipedia
Mastoiditis — Classification and external resources Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. (Mastoid process labeled near center.) ICD 10 H … Wikipedia
cholesteatoma — 1. A mass of keratinized squamous cell epithelium and cholesterol in the middle ear, usually resulting from chronic otitis media, with squamous metaplasia or … Medical dictionary
regio mastoidea — [TA] mastoid region: the region of the head on either side roughly corresponding to the outline of the mastoid process of the temporal bone … Medical dictionary
muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… … Universalium
