petrous

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English

Definitions

adjective

Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear.

Related words

Synonyms

stonelike hard stony petrosal granitelike petrean stone flintlike rock hard granitiform granitoid stonehard pegmatoid rocky lithoid stone-hard

Associated

canaliculus sphenoid tympanic mastoid jugular cavernous temporal occipital foramen squamous carotid

Rhymes

petrus octet truss tetris

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