AURICULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does auricular mean? 

• AURICULAR (adjective)
  The adjective AURICULAR has 3 senses:

1. of or relating to near the ear

2. relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing

3. pertaining to an auricle of the heart

  Familiarity information: AURICULAR used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AURICULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to near the ear

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

auricular; otic

Pertainym:

auricle (the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

an auricular appendage

Pertainym:

auricle (the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear)

Derivation:

auricle (the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Pertaining to an auricle of the heart

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

auricular fibrillation

Pertainym:

auricle (a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart)

Derivation:

auricle (a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart)

 Context examples 

It may pertain to the anterior or posterior auricular veins.

(Auricular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually spreads to pre-auricular lymph nodes.

(Parotid Gland Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the external carotid artery that branches into the auricular, arteria princeps cervicis, meningeal, muscular, and sterno-mastoid arteries.

(Occipital Artery, NCI Thesaurus)