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    EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membraneplay

    Synonyms:

    acoustic meatus; auditory canal; auditory meatus; ear canal; external auditory canal

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("external auditory canal" is a kind of...):

    meatus (a natural body passageway)

    Meronyms (parts of "external auditory canal"):

    auricular point; auriculare (the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus)

    Holonyms ("external auditory canal" is a part of...):

    external ear; outer ear (the part of the ear visible externally)

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