Opisthotic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Opisthotic \Op`is*thot"ic\, n. [Gr. 'o`pisqen behind + ?, ?,
     ear.] (Anat.)
     The inferior and posterior of the three elements forming the
     periotic bone.
     [1913 Webster]