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MODIOLUS (modioli)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does modiolus mean? 

MODIOLUS (noun)
  The noun MODIOLUS has 1 sense:

1. the central conical bony pillar of the cochleaplay

  Familiarity information: MODIOLUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MODIOLUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The central conical bony pillar of the cochlea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("modiolus" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("modiolus" is a part of...):

cochlea (the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti)


 Context examples 


The bony projection from the inner wall of the modiolus that makes two and three quarter turns around the modiolus partially dividing the cochlea cavity.

(Lamina Spiralis Ossea, NCI Thesaurus)



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