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mastoid 1. shaped like a nipple or breast 2. designating or relating to a nipple-like process of the temporal bone behind the ear 3. the mastoid process 4. Informal mastoiditis mastoid [′ma‚stȯid] (anatomy) Breast-shaped. The portion of the temporal bone where the mastoid process is located. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Computed tomography (CT) of the temporal bones revealed opacification of the left mastoid and middle ear. The AOR for cranium-C1 sagittal-plane motion occurs about the mastoid process, varying from the center of the mastoid process, (22) to the anterior mastoid process, (23) to an area slightly dorsal and cranial to the mastoid process. But the 67-year-old man had no previous hospitalizations in his record and had taken no antibiotics before being prescribed two common drugs to treat his ear infection, which had also spread to his mastoid sinus. |
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