EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does external auditory canal mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTERNAL 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 ("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)

 Context examples 

A benign epithelial neoplasm derived from ceruminous glands in the external auditory canal.

(External Auditory Canal Ceruminous Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Murine Tympanic Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenoma or carcinoma that arises from the ceruminous glands in the external auditory canal.

(Ceruminous Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Ceruminous Gland, 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)

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

(Ceruminous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Apocrine Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)