English translation of "rochères" - "petrous bones"

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154 months ago

Kate (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	rochères
Context:	Pour faire un TDM des rochères qui s'avère indispensable et nécessaire
Keywords:	... pour une meilleure prise en charge de cette patiente. this is a young child with serous otitis media. The above sentence is handwritten but this word really looks like 'rochères', is there something else it could be? thx

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154 months ago

Hazilein wrote:

petrosal bone oder petrous bone

My comment:

gemäß "Psyschrembel - Klinisches Wörterbuch"

154 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

pars petrosa ossis temporalis [TA], periotic bone, petrosal bone, petrous bone, petrous pyramid

My comment:

or: petrous part of the temporal bone

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_temporal#Le_rocher
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrous_part_of_the_temporal_bone

My references:

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/petrous+pyramid

154 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

petrous bones

My references:

Larousse Unabridged French/English Dictionary

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