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EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL

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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)

Sense 1

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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)

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EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL: related words searches

» outer ear: pronunciation in phonetic transcription
» Definition of external ear
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» Definition of auriculare

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