See Also: opisthotic(medicine)
opisthotic(dictionary)

opisthotic (iou)



opisthotic adjective & noun. L19.
[from OPISTHO- + Greek otikos of the ear.]
Anatomy & Zoology. (Designating or pertaining to) one of the periotic bones, situated in the back of the ear and in humans represented by an embryonic ossification centre of the temporal bone.