external ear
Americannoun
noun
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Roughly 1,500 babies born in the United States each year have either microtia or a related condition, anotia, in which the entire external ear is missing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
There are bone-conduction hearing aids, intended mainly for people whose principal hearing defects are in their middle ears or external ear canals; the most effective ones are physically anchored to the skull.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 3, 2019
“Wouldn’t it be fascinating to know what changes in that organism that make it go from external ear infection to an invader?”
From Scientific American ● Jul. 23, 2019
The auricle, ear canal, and tympanic membrane are often referred to as the external ear.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The celebrated sculptor, Mr. Woolner, informs me of one little peculiarity in the external ear, which he has often observed both in men and women, and of which he perceived the full signification.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin
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