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.