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temporal bone

temporal bone noun: either of two compound bones that collectively make up the sides and base of the skull.

temporal bone: either of two compound bones that collectively make up the sides and base of the skull
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Noun

temporal bone (plural temporal bones)

  1. Either of two compound bones that collectively make up the sides and base of the skull.

temporal bone meaning in Tamil, Sanskrit and Vietnamese

temporal bone in Tamil

கடைநுதலெலும்பு

temporal bone in Sanskrit

the temporal bone
अक्ष ákṣa

temporal bone in Vietnamese

either of two compound bones at the sides of the skull
xương thái dương

Forms of temporal bone

pluraltemporal bones

Questions about temporal bone

What does temporal bone mean?
Temporal bone means either of two compound bones that collectively make up the sides and base of the skull.
What is temporal bone in Tamil?
Temporal bone in Tamil is கடைநுதலெலும்பு. See Temporal bone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is temporal bone?
Temporal bone is a noun.
What is the plural of temporal bone?
The plural of temporal bone is temporal bones.

Words near temporal bone in the dictionary

  1. tempoparietal
  2. temporal
  3. temporal apophysis
  4. temporal arteries
  5. temporal artery
  6. temporal bone
  7. temporal bones
  8. temporal case
  9. temporal cases
  10. temporal dead zone
  11. temporal dead zones

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Adapted from Wiktionary: temporal bone (page history and authors); temporal bone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अक्ष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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