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TEMPORAL BONE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

os temporale; temporal bone

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("temporal bone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "temporal bone"):

glenoid fossa; mandibular fossa (a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible)

tympanic bone (the bone enclosing the middle ear)

mastoid; mastoid bone; mastoid process; mastoidal (process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull)

styloid process (extends from the base of the temporal bone)

Holonyms ("temporal bone" is a part of...):

braincase; brainpan; cranium (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)

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