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epiotic, a. Anat.|ɛpɪˈɒtɪk|
[f. Gr. ἐπί upon + οὖς, ὠτ-ός ear + -ic.]
Situated above the ear; the distinctive epithet of one of the three bones which together form the periotic bone. Also quasi-n.
1870Rolleston Anim. Life 44 The uppermost of these, a forked bone, [in the perch] suspends the arch to the squamosal and epiotic bones. 1878Bell Gegenbauer's Comp. Anat. 452 The epiotic forms a second piece. |