Prootic

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

  Prootic \Pro*["o]"tic\, a. [Pref. pro- + Gr. ?, ?, an ear.]
     (Anat.)
     In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a
     bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule. --
     n. A prootic bone.
     [1913 Webster]