cochleanoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒk.li.ə/us/ˈkɑːk.li.ə/plural cochleae uk/-iː/uscochleas specializeda twisted tube inside the inner ear that is the main organ of hearing
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The ear
- -eared
- audiology
- auditory nerve
- auricular
- auricularis
- concha
- ear
- eardrum
- earlobe
- incus
- lug
- lughole
- malleus
- middle ear
- petrous
- pop
- stapes
- tympanic
- tympanum
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cochlear
adjective /ˈkɑːk.li.ɚ/uk/ˈkɒk.li.ər/
Examples from literature
- From one side of this vestibule, or central hall, the three semicircular canals pass off, and from the other side, the cochlea.
- Here, also, sound is collected and retained by the mastoid cells and cochlea.
- There is no cochlea as in the mammalian ear.