EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does external auditory canal mean?
• EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL (noun)
The noun EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL has 1 sense:
1. either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
Familiarity information: EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL (noun)
Meaning:
Either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
acoustic meatus; auditory canal; auditory meatus; ear canal; external auditory canal
Hypernyms ("external auditory canal" is a kind of...):
meatus (a natural body passageway)
Meronyms (parts of "external auditory canal"):
auricular point; auriculare (the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus)
Holonyms ("external auditory canal" is a part of...):
external ear; outer ear (the part of the ear visible externally)