Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated about the outer ear; auricular: as, the parotic region; the parotic cartilage of some reptiles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear.
- adjective (Zoöl.) the space around the ears.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy On the side of the auditory capsule; near the
external ear .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
See parotid.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word parotic.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.