STYLOID PROCESS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Extends from the base of the temporal bone

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("styloid process" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Holonyms ("styloid process" is a part of...):

os temporale; temporal bone (a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear)

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