Styloid \Sty"loid\, a. [Style + -oid: cf. F. stylo["i]de, Gr. ?.] 1. Styliform; as, the styloid process. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process. {Styloid process} (Anat.), a long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals.
styloid process n : extends from the base of the temporal bone