different between auditory vs petrosal

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.d?t.?.?i/, /???.d?.t?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d.??t??.i/
• Rhymes: -??d?t??i

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin aud?t?rius (“pertaining to a hearer or hearing”), from audi? (“to hear”) +? -t?rius (“-tory”, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

auditory (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.

   Synonyms: otic, acoustic, aural, auricular

Derived terms

Related terms

• audio
• audio-
• auditorium

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin aud?t?rium (“the place where something is heard; the assembled hearers”) +? -y.

Noun

auditory (plural auditories)

1. (archaic) Synonym of audience.
2. (archaic) Synonym of auditorium.

Related terms

• audition
• audio

Translations

References

• “auditory”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “auditory”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

English

Etymology

From Latin petr?sus (“full of rocks, rocky”) +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??t???.s?l/, /p??t???.sl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??t?o?.s?l/
• Rhymes: -??s?l

Adjective

petrosal (not comparable)

1. Of great hardness; petrous.
2. (anatomy, relational) Of, pertaining to, or located near the petrous part of the temporal bone or the capsule of the inner ear.

Derived terms

• petrosal nerve
• subpetrosal

Related terms

• petrous

Noun

petrosal (plural petrosals)

1. (anatomy) The petrous part of the temporal bone at the base of the skull, surrounding the inner ear.
2. (anatomy, zootomy) The auditory capsule.
   • 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates

     midal-shaped petrosal of mammals and bird

Derived terms

• petrosectomy

References

• “petrosal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “petrosal”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• LaPortes, Laportes, Plateros, Pole Star, Portales, Portelas, patroles, pole star, polestar, portsale, prolates