mastoid process

Questions about mastoid process

What does mastoid process mean?

mastoid process means "process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull".

What is another word for mastoid process?

Close synonyms include mastoid, 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 process a common word?

mastoid process 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.