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External auditory canal   /ɪkstˈərnəl ˈɔdɪtˌɔri kənˈæl/   Listen
External auditory canal

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






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"External auditory canal" Quotes from Famous Books



... medicine, which is usually the case with those plants to which they have given no name. In India the peculiar spiral form of the fruit has suggested its application, according to the theories of the doctrine of symbolism. Ainslie says that the Hindoos use it to treat diseases of the external auditory canal. On account of its emollient properties and probably on account of its twisted form, it is used internally as a decoction, in flatulence and the intestinal colic of children. It is indispensable ...
— The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines • T. H. Pardo de Tavera



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