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petrous

British pronunciation/pˈɛtɹəs/
American pronunciation/pˈɛtɹəs/
1

(of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness

synonyms : stonelike
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1Or then there's this other one that is called the Petrous bone, which is this inner ear bone, which is a very, very hard bone that also preserves the human DNA really, really well.
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