antihelix

[an-tee-hee-liks, an-tahy-]

noun

Anatomy.

plural

antihelices, antihelixes 

1. the inward curving ridge of the auricle of the ear.

antihelix

/ ˌæntɪˈhiːlɪks /

noun

1. a variant spelling of anthelix

Word History and Origins

Origin of antihelix¹

1715–25; anti- + helix; replacing anthelix < Greek, equivalent to ant- ant- + hélix helix

Example Sentences

Authorities also used his YouTube page to confirm the “pronounced antihelix” of his right ear in a photograph of the Oath Keepers at the Capitol, charging documents say.

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Antihelix, an′ti-hē-liks, n. the inner curved ridge of the pinna of the ear:—pl.

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Within the body of the cartilage arises a forked eminence called antihelix, which terminates in a small and short tongue called antitragus.

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The different parts of the first division, or external ear, are described by anatomists under the name of the helix, antihelix, tragus, antitragus, the lobe, cavitas innominata, the scapha, and the concha.

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She was delivered of a normal living child, with the exception that the helix of the left ear was pushed anteriorly, and had, in its middle, a deep incision, which also traversed the antihelix and the tragus, and continued over the cheek toward the nose, where it terminated.

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