PETROUS


Meaning of PETROUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpe-trəs, ˈpē- ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French * petros, from Latin petrosus, from petra rock, from Greek

Date: 14th century

: of, relating to, or constituting the exceptionally hard and dense portion of the human temporal bone that contains the internal auditory organs

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