Word Meanings - STERNOMASTOID - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process.
Related words: (words related to STERNOMASTOID)
- PROCESSIVE
Proceeding; advancing. Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. Coleridge. - PROCESSIONALIST
One who goes or marches in a procession. - MASTOIDITIS
Inflammation in the mastoid process of the temporal bone. - PROCESSIONARY
Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service. Processionary moth , any moth of the genus Cnethocampa, especially C. processionea of Europe, whose larvæ make large webs on oak trees, and go out to feed in regular - MASTOIDAL
See MASTOID - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - PROCESSIONING
A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d Procession. Bouvier. - PROCESS PLATE
A plate prepared by a mechanical process, esp. a photomechanical process. A very slow photographic plate, giving good contrasts between high lights and shadows, used esp. for making lantern slides. - PROCESSIONAL
Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession. The processional services became more frequent. Milman. - PROCESSIONER
1. One who takes part in a procession. 2. A manual of processions; a processional. Fuller. - PROCESS
Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis. (more info) 1. The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. "Long process of time." Milton. The thoughts of men are widened with the - STERNUM
A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone. Note: The sternum is connected with the ribs or the pectorial girdle, or - MASTOID
Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear. Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process; mastoidal. - PROCESSION
An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without. Shipley. 4. pl. (more info) 1. The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, - STYLOMASTOID
Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone. - EPISTERNUM
One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects. (more info) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle. Same as Epiplastron. - ACID PROCESS
That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highly siliceous, material. Opposed to basic process. - STERNOMASTOID
Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process. - BARREL PROCESS
A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in a revolving barrel, or drum, with mercury, chlorine, cyanide solution, or other reagent. - HYPOSTERNUM
See HYPOPLASTRON - BASIC PROCESS
A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to acid process, above. Called also Thomas process. - PRESTERNUM
The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium. -- Pre*ster"nal, a. - PAYNE'S PROCESS
A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in vacuo. --Payn"ize, v. t. - FLOTATION PROCESS
A process of separating the substances contained in pulverized ore or the like by depositing the mixture on the surface of a flowing liquid, the substances that are quickly wet readily overcoming the surface tension of the liquid and sinking, the - PARAMASTOID
Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals. - WELDON'S PROCESS
A process for the recovery or regeneration of manganese dioxide in the manufacture of chlorine, by means of milk of lime and the oxygen of the air; -- so called after the inventor. - THOMAS PROCESS
See ABOVE - PROSTERNUM
The ventral plate of the prothorax of an insect.