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otic bones

otic bones is the plural of otic bone.

Meaning of otic bone

Noun

otic bone (plural otic bones)

  1. A bone inside the ear.
    • The otic bones include the tympanic bulla, the periotic, and the three auditory ossicles (malleus, incus, and stapes).
    Synonyms:
    auditory bone, auditory ossicle, bonelet, ear bone, ossicle, ossiculum

Questions about otic bones

What is otic bones the plural of?
Otic bones is the plural of otic bone.

Words near otic bones in the dictionary

  1. otiatric
  2. otiatrics
  3. otiatry
  4. otic
  5. otic bone
  6. otic bones
  7. otic capsule
  8. otic ganglia
  9. otic ganglion
  10. oticooccipital
  11. otidid

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