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Petrous

Petrous Meaning & Definition
Petrous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Petrous?

[adj] (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness

Synonyms | Synonyms for Petrous: hard | stonelike

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Petrous In Webster's Dictionary

\Pe"trous\, a. [L. petrosus, fr. petra a stone.] 1. Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone. --Hooper. 2. (Anat.) Same as {Petrosal}.

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