petromastoid

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æstɔɪd

Adjective

petromastoid (not comparable)

(anatomy) Of or relating to the petrous and mastoid parts of the temporal bone; periotic.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “petromastoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)