AURICULAR POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does auricular point mean? 

• AURICULAR POINT (noun)
  The noun AURICULAR POINT has 1 sense:

1. the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus

  Familiarity information: AURICULAR POINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AURICULAR POINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

auricular point; auriculare

Hypernyms ("auricular point" is a kind of...):

craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)

Holonyms ("auricular point" is a part of...):

acoustic meatus; auditory canal; auditory meatus; ear canal; external auditory canal (either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane)