periotic
Americanadjective
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surrounding the ear.
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noting or pertaining to certain bones or bony elements that form or help to form a protective capsule for the internal ear.
adjective
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of or relating to the structures situated around the internal ear
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situated around the ear
Etymology
Origin of periotic
Example Sentences
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All of the 20 or so animals Yaipén has examined showed middle-ear hemorrhage and fracture of the ear's periotic bone, lung lesions and bubbles in the blood.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 6, 2012
The tympanic is welded with the periotic, which is attached to the base of the skull by two strong diverging processes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
The periotic and tympanic are welded together, but not with the squamosal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
Tympanic bone not welded with the periotic, which is usually only attached to the rest of the skull by ligament.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
In the lower forms it is a hollow membranous structure, embedded in a mass of cartilage, the otic capsule; in the mammal the latter is entirely ossified, to form the periotic bone.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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