Definition of Petraus
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Resembling rock or stone in its hardness
- Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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