styloid process
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of styloid process
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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About 4 percent of the population has an elongated styloid process — considered to be longer than about an inch — but only 4 percent of them develop a problem as a result.
From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2015
That scan revealed a styloid process that was just over an inch long.
From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2015
Its entrance is located on the outside base of the skull, anteromedial to the styloid process.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The lateral end of the radius has a pointed projection called the styloid process of the radius.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The styloid process is small; in monkeys it is wanting.
From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson
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