styloid process

noun Anatomy.

a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.

Origin of styloid process

First recorded in 1700–10

Words nearby styloid process

stylographic, stylography, stylohyal, stylohyoid, styloid, styloid process, styloid process of radius, styloid process of temporal bone, styloid process of ulna, styloiditis, stylolite