petrosal

English

Adjective

petrosal (not comparable)

  1. Of great hardness; petrous.
  2. (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located near the petrous part of the temporal bone.

Noun

petrosal (plural petrosals)

  1. (anatomy) A petrosal bone.
  2. (anatomy) The auditory capsule.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for petrosal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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