| 单词 | middle ear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmiddle ear middle ear n. the cavity in the temporal bone that contains the ossicles and that is separated from the external auditory canal by the tympanic membrane (eardrum) and from the inner ear by the membranes of the fenestra ovalis and fenestra rotunda; also called tympanum, tympanic cavity. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > hearing organ > parts of hearing organ > [noun] > ear-drum tympan1549 tabor1594 drum1615 tympanum1619 meninx1630 eardrum1708 middle ear1808 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 387 The muscles of the middle ear. 1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 282 The tympanum or middle ear is a circular space, situated in the base of the petrous portion of the temporal bone. 1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 Feb. 407/1 Mr. Baker confined his remarks to abscess from middle-ear disease. 1959 Woman 16 May 31/1 She has all the signs of a really bad acute otitis media—or infection of the middle ear. 1997 B. Rowlands Which? Guide Complementary Med. 206 It can also be used in adults for relieving face, neck and jaw pain, headaches, sinusitis, middle-ear problems. < as lemmas |
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