petrosal

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Adjective

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CIDE DICTIONARY

petrosal, a. [See Petrous.].

Hard; stony; petrous; as, the petrosal bone; petrosal part of the temporal bone. [1913 Webster]

Petrosal bone (Anat.), a bone corresponding to the petrous portion of the temporal bone of man; or one forming more or less of the periotic capsule.

petrosal, n.

A petrosal bone. Owen. [1913 Webster]

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