Meanings
adjectiveretroauricular (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyBehind the auricle (of the ear)
For measurements of antigen-specific cytokine production in the mouse, the retroauricular lymph node was removed, mechanically dissociated, and single cell suspensions were prepared.
2015 August 18, Ciara Gimblet et al., “IL-22 Protects against Tissue Damage during Cutaneous Leishmaniasis”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with retroauricular
particularcurricularventricularperpendicularvehiculartesticularextracurricularfolliculararticularvesicularlenticularreticularauricularfuniculardiverticularnavicularcuticularextravehicularradicularcocurricularacromioclavicularcanalicularsupraclavicularacicular
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
retroauricular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retroauricular
MLA
“retroauricular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retroauricular. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retroauricular,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retroauricular.
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