styloid process

1. 1.

   extends from the base of the temporal bone

   Broaderprocess

   Part oftemporal bone

Questions about styloid process

What does styloid process mean?

styloid process means "extends from the base of the temporal bone".

Is styloid process a common word?

styloid 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.