Definition of temporal bone Temporal bone
tem•po•ral bone
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What does temporal bone mean?
WordNet
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| temporal bone - a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear | ||
| os temporale | ||
| bone, os a shade of white the color of bleached bones | ||
| braincase, brainpan, cranium the part of the skull that encloses the brain | ||
| mandibular fossa, glenoid fossa the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint | ||
| tympanic bone the bone enclosing the middle ear | ||
| mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull | ||
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Wiktionary 
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temporal bone
Either of two bones that collectively make up the sides and base of the skull.
