middle ear
The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains…The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.
» Last year I suffered from an inflammation of my middle ear.
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1 sensesThe cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.
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сре́днее у́хоsrédneje úxo
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the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
Examples
3 sentencesLast year I suffered from an inflammation of my middle ear.
The stirrup is a bone in the middle ear, between the anvil and the inner ear.
ruСтремечко — кость среднего уха, расположенная между наковальней и внутренним ухом. — Karok
Human and elephant, mouse and porpoise, all have three small bones in their middle ear — the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup.
Translations
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Forms
plural: middle ears| Singular | middle ear |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear:tympanic cavitytympanum
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.