auditory meatus

auditory meatus: noun

either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

• Syn: ↑acoustic meatus, ↑ear canal, ↑auditory canal, ↑external auditory canal

• Hypernyms: ↑meatus

• Part Holonyms: ↑external ear, ↑outer ear

• Part Meronyms: ↑auriculare, ↑auricular point

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noun or auditory canal
: either of two passages of the ear — human anatomy sometimes called acoustic meatus; compare external auditory meatus, internal auditory meatus; see ear illustration

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Auditory meatus — can refer to: * external auditory meatus * internal auditory meatus … Wikipedia
auditory meatus — n AUDITORY CANAL * * * see auditory canal … Medical dictionary
auditory meatus — auditory canal … The new mediacal dictionary
Internal auditory meatus — Infobox Bone Name = Internal auditory meatus Latin = meatus acusticus internus GraySubject = 34 GrayPage = 143 Caption = Left temporal bone. Inner surface. Caption2 = Diagrammatic view of the fundus of the right internal acoustic meatus. System … Wikipedia
auditory meatus bony external — m. acusticus externus osseus … Medical dictionary
auditory meatus bony internal — m. acusticus internus … Medical dictionary
auditory meatus cartilaginous external — m. acusticus externus cartilagineus … Medical dictionary
auditory meatus external — m. acusticus externus … Medical dictionary
auditory meatus internal — m. acusticus internus … Medical dictionary
auditory canal — n either of two passages of the ear called also acoustic meatus, auditory meatus see EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL, INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL … Medical dictionary

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