modiolus
[moh-dahy-uh-luh s, muh-]
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noun, plural mo·di·o·li [moh-dahy-uh-lahy, muh-] /moʊˈdaɪ əˌlaɪ, mə-/. Anatomy.
the central, conical axis of the cochlea of the ear.
Origin of modiolus
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The Latin term for the trephine, modiolus, has the same meaning.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman TimesJohn Stewart Milne
Modiolus, mo-dī′o-lus, n. the central stem round which wind the passages of the cochlea of the internal ear.
At the extremity of the modiolus, the two passages communicate with each other.
Name from modiolus, the broad and depressed fruit resembling in shape the Roman measure of that name.
modiolus
noun plural -li (-ˌlaɪ)
Word Origin for modiolus
C19: New Latin, from Latin: hub of a wheel, from modus a measure
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modiolus
[mō-dī′ə-ləs]
n. pl. mo•di•o•li (-lī′)
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