petrous

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From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French petreux, from Latin petrōsus, from petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

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petrous (not comparable)

  1. Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
  2. (anatomy) Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear.

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