styloid

[ stahy-loid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

styloid

/ ˈstaɪlɔɪd /

Origin of styloid¹

From the New Latin word styloīdēs, dating back to 1605–15. See style, -oid

Origin of styloid¹

C18: from New Latin styloides, from Greek stuloeidēs like a stylus ; influenced also by Greek stulos pillar

The ulna should be cut obliquely, leaving the base of the styloid process, and removing all the cartilage-covered portion.

The radial styloid is displaced forward, upward, and to the radial side, and the ulnar styloid may be torn off.

To inject iodoform, the needle is inserted immediately below the radial or the ulnar styloid process.

Ligament wanting; shell gaping, with a styloid apophysis in the umbonal cavities.

A styloid process is more or less distinctly visible in the Chimpanzees.

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