Definition of Prootic

1. an anterior bone [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prootic

proofreader
proofreaders
proofreading
proofreadings
proofreads
proofroom
proofrooms
proofs
proofs by contradiction
proofs by example
proofs by exhaustion
prooftext
prooftexts
proopiomelanocortin
proopiomelanocortins
prootic (current term)
prootics
proove
prooved
prooves
proovest
prooveth
prooving
prooxidative
prop
prop-
prop blast
prop comedian
prop comedians
prop comedy

Literary usage of Prootic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"The prootic is a small element, with a deep longitudinal groove on its outer face ... The groove of the prootic terminates in a foramen, which it partly ..."

2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1872)
"The prootic is a small element, with a deep longitudinal groove on its outer face. ... The groove of the prootic terminates in a foramen, which it partly ..."

3. The Morphology of the Skull by William Kitchen Parker, George Thomas Bettany (1877)
"The facial nerve penetrates the prootic in front of its middle region, ... The auditory nerve perforates the prootic by a large foramen behind the facial ..."

4. The Anatomy of the Frog by Alexander Ecker, George Haslam (1889)
"The remaining part of this surface consists of a rounded cartilage, and is part of the primordial-cranium cartilage between the prootic and the exoccipital ..."

5. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1877)
"The prootic (pr.o) is the largest of the otic bones. ... The prootic alone is traversed by the particular semicircular canal with which it is in relation ..."

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