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Definition of: petrous
(pet′rəs, pē′trəs) adjective
1. Hard, like stone.
2. Anat. Pertaining to or situated near the hard portion of the temporal bone. Also pe·tro·sal (pə·trō′səl) [<L petrosus rocky <L petra rock <Gk.]
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