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 Meaning of TEMPORAL BONE
|  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | os temporale |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | bone, braincase, brainpan, cranium, glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa, mastoid, mastoid process, mastoidal, os, styloid process, tympanic bone |  |     |    |  |