mastoide
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mastoide f sing (pl.: mastoidi)
- (anatomia) prominenza tondeggiante dell'osso temporale, posta dietro il padiglione dell'orecchio
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dal greco μαστοειδήςm n cioè "simile a mammella", formato da μαστός cioè "mammella" e fa -ειδήςcioè "-oide"
Vedi le traduzioni
- AA.VV., Vocabolario Treccani edizione online su treccani.it, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Aldo Gabrielli, Grande dizionario italiano edizione online su grandidizionari.it, Hoepli