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

The C-shaped curves of the auricle direct sound waves toward the auditory canal.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In its form, the auditory canal resembles the tube of an ear-trumpet, and serves to convey the waves of sound to the middle portion of the ear.

From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman