auditory canal

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noun Anatomy.

the narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum.

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Origin of auditory canal

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby auditory canal

auditorium, auditory, auditory aphasia, auditory area, auditory brainstem response audiometry, auditory canal, auditory cartilage, auditory cortex, auditory field, auditory hair, auditory nerve

Example sentences from the Web for auditory canal

The lawyer claims that Hernandez has suffered from visual as well as auditory hallucinations.
Etan Patz: Painfully Obvious Evidence|Michael Daly|May 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As they walked up a path toward West End Avenue, I mustered the courage to move a few feet closer, within auditory range.
Encounters With Thomas Pynchon|Nick Romeo|October 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It has no external ears, but only auditory passages concealed under the hair.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
As the auditory bullae become more inflated, the index increases toward 100.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii|Henry W. Setzer

The diagnostic characters were the length and breadth of the rostrum and the relatively great inflation of the auditory bullae.
Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii|Henry W. Setzer
Acoustic, a-kowst′ik, adj. pertaining to the sense of hearing or to the theory of sounds: used in hearing, auditory.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
The body may be compared to a harp of two chords,—the optic nerve and the auditory nerve.
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion

Medical definitions for auditory canal

auditory canal

n.

Either of two passages of the ear, the internal or the external acoustic meatus. See under acoustic meatus.

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