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periotic

periotic adjective: located in, or pertaining to, the inner ear.

Adjective

periotic (not comparable)

  1. Located in, or pertaining to, the inner ear.
    • periotic bone
    • periotic capsule

Noun

periotic (plural periotics)

  1. A bone in the inner ear, the periotic bone.

Forms of periotic

pluralperiotics

Origin of periotic

From peri- + otic.

Words formed from periotic

Words that rhyme with periotic

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Questions about periotic

What does periotic mean?
Periotic means located in, or pertaining to, the inner ear.
What part of speech is periotic?
Periotic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near periotic in the dictionary

  1. periostraca
  2. periostracal
  3. periostracum
  4. periosts
  5. periot
  6. periotic
  7. periotics
  8. periots
  9. perioval
  10. periovarial
  11. periovarian

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