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petrotympanic

petrotympanic adjective: relating to the petrous part of the temporal bone and to the tympanic cavity.

Adjective

petrotympanic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the petrous part of the temporal bone and to the tympanic cavity

Noun

petrotympanic (plural petrotympanics)

  1. Such a structure

Forms of petrotympanic

pluralpetrotympanics

Origin of petrotympanic

From petro- + tympanic.

Questions about petrotympanic

What does petrotympanic mean?
Petrotympanic means relating to the petrous part of the temporal bone and to the tympanic cavity.
What part of speech is petrotympanic?
Petrotympanic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near petrotympanic in the dictionary

  1. petrostate
  2. petrostates
  3. Petrosyan
  4. petrotectonic
  5. petrothermal
  6. petrotympanic
  7. petrotympanics
  8. petrous
  9. Petrov
  10. Petrov Defence
  11. Petrov Defense

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