periotic
surrounding the ear.
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
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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. ReynoldsOf these the more posterior on each side represents the exoccipital and all three periotic bones.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThree bones, the epi-otic, opisthotic and pro-otic, together form the auditory or periotic capsule of each side.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe periotic has its inner surface marked by important depressions, while both inner and outer surfaces are pierced by foramina.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe 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
/ (ˌpɛrɪˈəʊtɪk, -ˈɒtɪk) /
of or relating to the structures situated around the internal ear
situated around the ear
Origin of periotic
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