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Auditory canal   /ˈɔdɪtˌɔri kənˈæl/   Listen
Auditory canal

noun
1.
Either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane.  Synonyms: acoustic meatus, auditory meatus, ear canal, external auditory canal.



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"Auditory canal" Quotes from Famous Books



... person to whom the idea occurred to illuminate the ear was Fabricius d'Acquapendentus (1600). To do this he placed the patient in front of a window in such a way as to cause the luminous rays to enter the external auditory canal. It was he likewise who conceived the idea of placing a light behind a bottle filled with water, and of projecting its concentrated rays into ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 • Various

... twelfth and the eighteenth day the auditory canal becomes open to the exterior. The time is very variable in different litters, for their rate of growth depends upon the amount of nourishment which the mother is able to supply. Without exception, in my ...
— The Dancing Mouse - A Study in Animal Behavior • Robert M. Yerkes



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