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MODIOLUS (modioli)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does modiolus mean?
• MODIOLUS (noun)
The noun MODIOLUS has 1 sense:
1. the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea
Familiarity information: MODIOLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The central conical bony pillar of the cochlea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("modiolus" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("modiolus" is a part of...):
cochlea (the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti)
Context examples
The bony projection from the inner wall of the modiolus that makes two and three quarter turns around the modiolus partially dividing the cochlea cavity.
(Lamina Spiralis Ossea, NCI Thesaurus)
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