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TEMPORAL BONE

\tˈɛmpəɹə͡l bˈə͡ʊn], \tˈɛmpəɹə‍l bˈə‍ʊn], \t_ˈɛ_m_p_ə_ɹ_əl b_ˈəʊ_n]\

Definitions of TEMPORAL BONE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

bone at either side and base of skull containing the hearing apparatus.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A b. of irregular shape situated at the side of the skull. It is divided into the squamous, petromastoid, and tympanic portions

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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