auditory canal

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. the narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum.

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Etymology

Origin of auditory canal

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Dr. Kent showed me all of the damage I had suffered: hairline cracks in my skull, a breached auditory canal, visible scarring in the brain.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2021

Cat hairballs can be inserted in the auditory canal to prevent earaches.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2018

But even these sections are muddied by Pohlad's weakness for strained artiness, like a shot that apparently sends a camera down, down, down Wilson's auditory canal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2015

At the end of the auditory canal is the tympanic membrane, or ear drum, which vibrates after it is struck by sound waves.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In one case the entrance of a cricket in the auditory canal was the cause of death.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)