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AUDITORY MEATUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
Synonyms:
acoustic meatus; auditory canal; auditory meatus; ear canal; external auditory canal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("auditory meatus" is a kind of...):
meatus (a natural body passageway)
Meronyms (parts of "auditory meatus"):
auricular point; auriculare (the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus)
Holonyms ("auditory meatus" is a part of...):
external ear; outer ear (the part of the ear visible externally)
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