See Also: fissura petro-occipitalis(medicine)
synchondrosis petro-occipitalis(medicine)
petro-(1)(dictionary)
petro-(2)(dictionary)
petro-(medicine)
SOUTH SEA PETRO(finance)
SINOUNION PETRO(finance)
Petro-Canada(finance)
petro-occipital(medicine)
petro-occipital fissure(medicine)

colon (iou) and fissura petro-occipitalis (medicine)


colon (iou)



colon noun3. E17.
[French from Latin colonus: see COLONY.]
A husbandman. rare. E17.
Hist. A colonial settler or farmer, esp. in a French colony. M20.

fissura petro-occipitalis (medicine)


fissura petro-occipitalis -->
petro-occipital fissure


A fissure between the petrous part of the temporal bone and the basilar part of the occipital bone that extends anteromedially from the jugular foramen; includes the jugular foramem (at its posterior end).

Synonym: fissura petro-occipitalis, Ecker's fissure.