Eu|sta|chi|an tube

Eu|sta|chi|an tube
Eu|sta|chi|an tube «yoo STAY kee uhn, -shuhn»,
a slender canal between the pharynx and the middle ear. It equalizes the air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum. »

The stuffy sensation in the ears and the dizziness he found came from pressure on the Eustachian tube (Science News Letter).

[< Eustachius, Latinized form of Bartolommeo Eustachío, an Italian anatomist of the 1500's + -ian]

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