Sty"loid (?), a. [Style + -
oid: cf. F. styloïde, Gr. ?.] 1.
Styliform; as, the styloid process.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the
styloid process.
Styloid process (Anat.), a long and
slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man,
corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other
animals.