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
Some sources will also refer to this structure as the pinna, though that term is more appropriate for a structure that can be moved, such as the external ear of a cat.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Wounds of all kinds are easily and rapidly infected by diphtheria; for instance, vaginal abrasions and erosions of the external ear, tongue, and corners of the mouth.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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