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Princeton's WordNet

  1. auditory meatus, acoustic meatus, ear canal, auditory canal, external auditory canalnoun

    either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

Wiktionary

  1. ear canalnoun

    The tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum through which sound enters.

Wikipedia

  1. Ear canal

    The ear canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM) is a pathway running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear canal extends from the pinna to the eardrum and is about 2.5 centimetres (1 in) in length and 0.7 centimetres (0.3 in) in diameter.

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  1. ear canal

    The ear canal, also known as the external auditory canal, is a tube-like passage leading from the outer ear to the eardrum. Its main function is to transmit sound from the environment to the eardrum. It also helps protect the middle and inner ear from potential harm by producing earwax that traps dust, small particles, and foreign objects.

Wikidata

  1. Ear canal

    The ear canal, is a tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear canal extends from the pinna to the eardrum and is about 2.5 centimetres in length and 0.7 centimetres in diameter.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Ear Canal

    The narrow passage way that conducts the sound collected by the EAR AURICLE to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.

Editors Contribution

  1. ear canal

    A tube of the ear.

    The ear canal is a tube of the inner ear.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 2, 2020  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ear canal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ear canal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of ear canal in a Sentence

  1. Neel Raithatha:

    I had to be very delicate when peeling the dead infected skin off the ear canal and eardrum, he said. It usually takes half the time.

  2. Neel Raithatha:

    The patient had a fungal infection, otomycosis, which developed on the dead earwax and skin and also otitis externa of the ear canal and eardrum.

  3. Andrew Bates:

    Since June, we have consistently said we would participate in all three debates, under rules that The CPD established. Only the President Donald Trump campaign has been erratic and chaotic in their approach to this, demanding control over the selection of moderators, changes in the dates of the debates, an ear canal inspection rule, and all sorts of other insanity.


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