temporal bone
noun
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a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
Types & categories
- bone hypernym
Parts & wholes
- cranium part holonym
- glenoid fossa part meronym
- tympanic bone part meronym
- mastoid part meronym
- styloid process part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | cranium |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | glenoid fossa |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tympanic bone |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | mastoid |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | styloid process |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bone |