petrous

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

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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