AUDITORY CANAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does auditory canal mean? 

• AUDITORY CANAL (noun)
  The noun AUDITORY CANAL has 1 sense:

1. either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

  Familiarity information: AUDITORY CANAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUDITORY CANAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

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

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

meatus (a natural body passageway)

Meronyms (parts of "auditory canal"):

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

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

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

 Context examples 

A cream intended for administration either on the outer ear or into the auditory canal.

(Otic Cream Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A thin membrane that separates the external auditory canal from the middle ear.

(Murine Tympanic Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance intended for administration either on the outer ear or into the auditory canal.

(Otic Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

An ointment intended for administration either on the outer ear or into the auditory canal.

(Otic Ointment Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A solution intended for administration either on the outer ear or into the auditory canal.

(Otic Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A meningioma that affects the internal auditory canal.

(Internal Auditory Canal Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include tubular apocrine adenoma and external auditory canal ceruminous adenoma.

(Apocrine Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An infiltrating adenocarcinoma derived from ceruminous glands in the external auditory canal.

(Ceruminous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The organs involved with detecting and processing auditory information, including the pinna, external auditory canal, ear drum, middle ear, and inner ear (including the cochlear organ).

(Auditory System, NCI Thesaurus)

A gland situated in the external auditory canal that produces a waxy secretion.

(Ceruminous Gland, NCI Thesaurus)