A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. stylobates, stylobata, Gr. styloba`ths; sty^los a pillar + ba`ths one that treads, fr. bai`nein to go. ] (Arch.) The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Stylo- + glossal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stylographic pen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to stylography; used in stylography; as, stylographic tablets. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or used in, stylographic pen; as, stylographic ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stylographic pen, a pen with a conical point like that of a style, combined with a reservoir for supplying it with ink. --
Stylographic pencil, a pencil used in stylography. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Stylographic, 1. -- Sty`lo*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Style + -graphy. ] A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stylo- + the Gr. letter &unr_;. ] (Anat.) A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the hyoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Style + -oid: cf. F. styloïde, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. Styliform; as, the styloid process. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; column + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring columns. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a pillar + &unr_;, &unr_;, the eye. ] Same as Stylommatophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; column + &unr_; eye + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Stylommatophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Stylopodia [ NL. See Style, and Podium. ] (Bot.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a pillar + &unr_;, &unr_;, the eye. ] (Zool.) A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera. [ 1913 Webster ]