ACOUSTIC MEATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acoustic meatus mean? 

• ACOUSTIC MEATUS (noun)
  The noun ACOUSTIC MEATUS has 1 sense:

1. either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

  Familiarity information: ACOUSTIC MEATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACOUSTIC MEATUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

acoustic meatus; auditory canal; auditory meatus; ear canal; external auditory canal

Hypernyms ("acoustic meatus" is a kind of...):

meatus (a natural body passageway)

Meronyms (parts of "acoustic meatus"):

auricular point; auriculare (the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus)

Holonyms ("acoustic meatus" is a part of...):

external ear; outer ear (the part of the ear visible externally)

 Context examples 

The cavity-like space in the lower portion of the concha that forms the vestibule, leading to the external acoustic meatus.

(Cavum Conchae, NCI Thesaurus)

A vein that drains the auricle and acoustic meatus of the external ear.

(Anterior Auricular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)