AUDITORY APPARATUS

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Meaning:

All of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("auditory apparatus" is a kind of...):

apparatus ((anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function)

Meronyms (parts of "auditory apparatus"):

inner ear; internal ear; labyrinth (a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium)

external ear; outer ear (the part of the ear visible externally)

middle ear; tympanic cavity; tympanum (the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear)

Domain category:

otology (the branch of medicine concerned with the ear)

Holonyms ("auditory apparatus" is a part of...):

auditory system (the sensory system for hearing)