external auditory canal

noun

Synonym of ear canal.

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ear canalauditory meatusacoustic meatusauditory canal
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Meanings

nounexternal auditory canal (plural external auditory canals)

plural external auditory canals

  1. Synonym of ear canal.

    Synonyms: ear canal

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of ear canal.

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ear canal

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
auditory meatusacoustic meatusear canalauditory canal
Broader
meatus
Also see
acoustic meatusauditory canalauditory meatusear canal

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Chicago

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