Meanings
- not comparableanatomyRelated to or composed of ossicles.
Middle ear pathologies were explored with the identical technique, and the status of the ossicular chain was assessed as well.
2015 July 14, “Diagnostic Performance of Endoscopic and Microscopic Procedures for Identifying Different Middle Ear Structures and Remaining Disease in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media: A Prospective Cohort Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI1 more example
This pressure on the labyrinthine fluid occasions the periodical vertiginous symptoms as well as the tinnitus, the defective hearing being due to the rigidity of the conducting apparatus and the contraction of the ossicular arch.
1894, The Medical and Surgical Reporter, volume 71, page 538
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ossicular
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