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Temporal bone   /tˈɛmpərəl boʊn/   Listen
Temporal bone

noun
1.
A thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear.  Synonym: os temporale.





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... the wound was explored. The entry led down to a typical gutter fracture in the squamous portion of the temporal bone, at the point of junction of the vertical with the horizontal part; the floor of the gutter had been displaced inwards as a single fragment (fig. 70). A flap was raised in the frontal region, where a scale of outer table (fig. 71), clothed ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins


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