periotic

American  

[per-ee-oh-tik, -ot-ik] / ˌpɛr iˈoʊ tɪk, -ˈɒt ɪk /

adjective

Anatomy.

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.

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periotic British  

/ -ˈɒtɪk, ˌpɛrɪˈəʊtɪk /

adjective

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

2. situated around the ear

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Etymology

Origin of periotic

First recorded in 1865–70; peri- + otic

Example Sentences

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

One centre of ossification in the frog forming pro-otic; several fuse together and form periotic of the dog.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Periotic, per-i-ō′tik, adj. surrounding the inner ear.—n. a periotic bone.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 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)