| stylaster | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink, calcareous hydroid corals of the genus Stylaster. Origin: NL, from Gr. Pillar + star. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| style | <botany> An elongated part of a carpel, or group of fused carpels, between the ovary and the stigma. (09 Oct 1997) |
| stylet | A small poniard; a stiletto. 2. <surgery> An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, called also specillum. A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging. 3. <zoology> Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria. Origin: F, dim. Of style; cf. It. Stiletto. See Stiletto. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| styliferous | <botany> Bearing one or more styles. Origin: Style. (01 Mar 1998) |
| styliform | Synonym: styloid. Origin: L. Stilus (stylus), a stake, + forma, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| stylo- | <anatomy, prefix> A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary. (29 Oct 1998) |
| styloauricular muscle | <anatomy> An occasional small muscle extending from the root of the styloid process to the cartilage of the meatus of the ear. Synonym: musculus styloauricularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| styloauricularis | See: styloauricular muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| styloglossal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| styloglossus | Relating to the styloid process and the tongue. See: styloglossus muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| styloglossus muscle | <anatomy> Action, retracts tongue; origin, lower end of styloid process; insertion, side and undersurface of tongue; nerve supply, hypoglossal. Synonym: musculus styloglossus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stylograph | A stylographic pen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stylographic | 1. Of or pertaining to stylography; used in stylography; as, stylographic tablets. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, stylographic pen; as, stylographic ink. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stylographical | Same as Stylographic. Stylograph"ically. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| stylography | A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets. Origin: Style. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |