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meatus acusticus externus.Medical dictionary. 2011.
external auditory canal — ▪ anatomy also called External Auditory Meatus, or External Acoustic Meatus, passageway that leads from the outside of the head to the tympanic membrane, or eardrum (ear, human) membrane, of each ear. The structure of the external auditory… … Universalium
external auditory canal — noun either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane • Syn: ↑auditory meatus, ↑acoustic meatus, ↑ear canal, ↑auditory canal • Hypernyms: ↑meatus • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english 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
auditory canal — noun either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane • Syn: ↑auditory meatus, ↑acoustic meatus, ↑ear canal, ↑external auditory canal • Hypernyms: ↑meatus • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
external auditory meatus — Anat. the canal extending from the opening in the external ear to the tympanic membrane. * * * … Universalium
external auditory meatus — exter′nal au′ditory mea′tus n. anat. the canal extending from the opening in the external ear to the tympanic membrane … From formal English to slang
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: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
External acoustic meatus — Infobox Anatomy Name =External acoustic meatus Latin = meatus acusticus externus GraySubject = 229 GrayPage = 1036 Caption = Anatomy of the human ear. Caption2 = Precursor = groove (cleft) of the first branchial arch. [EmbryologyUNC|hednk|022]… … Wikipedia
external ear — noun the part of the ear visible externally • Syn: ↑outer ear • Hypernyms: ↑external organ • Part Holonyms: ↑auditory apparatus • Part Meronyms: ↑auditory meatus … Useful english dictionary
Auditory — means of or relating to the process of hearing:* Auditory system, the neurological structures and pathways of sound perception. * Sound, the physical signal perceived by the auditory system. * Hearing (sense), is the auditory sense, the sense by… … Wikipedia
