basitemporal

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adjective

ba·​si·​temporal

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: of, relating to, or being one of a pair of membrane bones of the skull of birds underlying and uniting with the part of the true cranium formed by the basisphenoid and basioccipital bones

basitemporal

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noun

"

: a basitemporal bone

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Etymology

Adjective

International Scientific Vocabulary basi- + temporal

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