| os temporale 
 
 a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
 • Syn:
 temporal bone
 • Hypernyms:
 bone, os
 • Part Holonyms:
 cranium, braincase, brainpan
 • Part Meronyms:
 glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa, tympanic bone, mastoid, mastoid process,
 mastoid bone, mastoidal, styloid process
 
 
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