periotic

[ per-ee-oh-tik, -ot-ik ]

adjectiveAnatomy.
  1. surrounding the ear.

  2. noting or pertaining to certain bones or bony elements that form or help to form a protective capsule for the internal ear.

Origin of periotic

1
First recorded in 1865–70; peri- + otic

Words Nearby periotic

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How to use periotic in a sentence

  • Thus the auditory or periotic capsules press on the parachordals till they come to be more or less imbedded in them.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • Of these the more posterior on each side represents the exoccipital and all three periotic bones.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • Three bones, the epi-otic, opisthotic and pro-otic, together form the auditory or periotic capsule of each side.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • The periotic has its inner surface marked by important depressions, while both inner and outer surfaces are pierced by foramina.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • The tympanic is not fused to the periotic and has a small bulla not filled with cancellous bone.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for periotic

periotic

/ (ˌpɛrɪˈəʊtɪk, -ˈɒtɪk) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to the structures situated around the internal ear

  2. situated around the ear

Origin of periotic

1
C19: from peri- + -otic, from Greek ous ear

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