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EUSTACHIAN TUBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eustachian tube mean?
• EUSTACHIAN TUBE (noun)
The noun EUSTACHIAN TUBE has 1 sense:
1. either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum
Familiarity information: EUSTACHIAN TUBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
auditory tube; Eustachian tube
Hypernyms ("Eustachian tube" is a kind of...):
salpinx (a tube in the uterus or the ear)
Holonyms ("Eustachian tube" is a part of...):
middle ear; tympanic cavity; tympanum (the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear)
Context examples
Discharge of cerebrospinal fluid through the external auditory meatus or through the eustachian tube into the nasopharynx.
(Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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