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pa•ro•tic
(pə rō′tik, -rot′ik),USA pronunciation adj. [Anat., Zool.]
- Anatomy, Zoologysituated about or near the ear.
- Greek par- par- + ōtikós of the ear; see oto-, ic
- Neo-Latin parōticus
- 1855–60