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<anatomy> Hard; stony; petrous; as, the petrosal bone; petrosal part of the temporal bone.
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the petrous, or petrosal, bone, or the corresponding part of the temporal bone.
<anatomy> Petrosal bone, a bone corresponding to the petrous portion of the temporal bone of man; or one forming more or less of the periotic capsule.
See: Petrous.
(01 Mar 1998)
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