Periotic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 252 anagrams from letters in periotic (ceiioprt).
First recorded in 1865-70; peri- + otic
In the periotic there are usually three centres of ossification, first recognised by Huxley.
The tympanic, periotic and squamosal are ankylosed together.
In the higher Vertebrates the periotic cartilages may be developed continuously with the basilar plate (fig. 325).
The tympanic and periotic are both small and are fused together.
In the region of the periotic cartilage a large number of bones may appear.
In the skull the squamosal region with the outer and posterior portion of the ear capsules (the periotic) are inflated.
The tympanic and periotic are ankylosed together, but not to any other bones.
The periotic is not fused to the squamosal or to the small tympanic.
The periotic and tympanic are welded together, but not with the squamosal.
The periotic capsule is ossified by a prootic centre, which meets the exoccipital behind.
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