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PETROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does petrous mean?
• PETROUS (adjective)
The adjective PETROUS has 1 sense:
1. (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness
Familiarity information: PETROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness
Synonyms:
petrous; stonelike
Similar:
hard (resisting weight or pressure)
Context examples
Pertaining to the petrous or hard, stony portion of the temporal bone.
(Petrous, NCI Thesaurus)
Excision of the apex of the petrous portion of the temporal bone.
(Apicectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
The area between the clivus and the petrous portion of the temporal bone.
(Petroclival Region, NCI Thesaurus)
A canal in the petrous region of the temporal bone that serves as the passage for cranial nerves (mainly the VII and VIII cranial nerves) towards the middle and inner ear.
(Internal Auditory Canal, NCI Thesaurus)
A meningioma that affects the petrous apex.
(Petrous Apex Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)
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