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AURICULAR APPENDAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does auricular appendage mean?
• AURICULAR APPENDAGE (noun)
The noun AURICULAR APPENDAGE has 1 sense:
1. a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
Familiarity information: AURICULAR APPENDAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
auricula; auricular appendage; auricular appendix
Hypernyms ("auricular appendage" is a kind of...):
pocket; pouch ((anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican))
Holonyms ("auricular appendage" is a part of...):
atrium cordis; atrium of the heart (the upper chamber of each half of the heart)
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