Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
mastoid
adj : relating to or resembling a nipple [syn: {mastoidal}]
mastoid
n : process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of
the skull [syn: {mastoid process}, {mastoid bone}, {mastoidal}]