mastoid

1. 1.

   of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process
2. 2.

   relating to or resembling a nipple

   Synonymsmastoidal

1. 1.

   process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull

   Synonymsmastoid processmastoid bonemastoidal

   Broaderprocess

   Part oftemporal bone

   Partsmastoidale

Other forms of mastoid

plural

mastoids·

comparative

mastoider·

superlative

mastoidest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mastoid

What does mastoid mean?

mastoid means "of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mastoid?

mastoid has 2 syllables: ma-stoid. The stress falls on "ma".

What is another word for mastoid?

Close synonyms include mastoidal, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mastoid a common word?

mastoid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.