Anatomy and Zoology. Designating the temporal bone of the skull, (in later use) spec. the very hard portion of it that encloses the inner ear…

Of, relating, to, or designating the petrous bone; spec. designating branches of the facial and glossopharyngeal nerves that pass through the…

Of or relating to the otocranium or otic capsule.

Designating or relating to the opisthotic.

Surrounding the ear, esp. the inner ear; spec. designating each of the three bones (prootic, epiotic, and opisthotic) which constitute the otic…

Situated in front of the ear; spec. designating one of the three periotic bones.

(a) adj. consisting of the tympanic bone and periotic bones united; (b) n. a tympanoperiotic bone, as the ear-bone of a cetacean.

Pertaining to the stapes.

Of or pertaining to the incus.

pertaining to the tympanic bone and the malleus; applied to a bone in the skull of batrachians and fishes.

pertaining to the tympanum, or the tympanic bone, and the mandible or lower jaw-bone.

pertaining to the tympanic and the squamosal bones.

‘pertaining to the tympanum and the stapes’ (Dorland Med. Dict. 1900–13).

‘pertaining to the tympanum and the region over the temporal bone’ (Dorland Med. Dict. 1900–13).

Of or relating to the malleus; = mallear, adj.