auriclenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɔː.rɪ.kəl/us/ˈɔːr.ɪ.kəl/specializedauricle noun [ C ] (HEART)
one of the two spaces in the top part of the heart that receive blood from the veins and push it down into the ventricles (= lower spaces)
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The circulatory system & blood
- Abo
- accessory pathway
- antigen
- atrioventricular
- auricular
- blood donor
- blood sugar
- erectile
- intravenous
- LV
- mediastinal
- microvascular
- myocardial
- myocarditis
- oxyhaemoglobin
- palpitate
- pressure point
- pulse
- Rh factor
- semilunar valve
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auricle noun [ C ] (EARS)
also pinna the part of the ear on the outside of the head
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The ear
- -eared
- audiology
- auditory nerve
- auricular
- auricularis
- cochlea
- concha
- ear
- eardrum
- earlobe
- lug
- lughole
- malleus
- middle ear
- petrous
- pop
- stapes
- tympanic
- tympanum
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