COCHLEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cochlear mean? 

• COCHLEAR (adjective)
  The adjective COCHLEAR has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the cochlea of the ear

  Familiarity information: COCHLEAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCHLEAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the cochlea of the ear

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

cochlear implant

Pertainym:

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 cochlear nerve fibers originate from neurons of the SPIRAL GANGLION and project peripherally to cochlear hair cells and centrally to the cochlear nuclei (COCHLEAR NUCLEUS) of the BRAIN STEM.

(Cochlear Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Possible treatments include hearing aids, cochlear implants, special training, certain medicines, and surgery.

(Hearing Disorders and Deafness, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

It is composed of the dorsal cochlear nucleus located on the dorsolateral surface of the inferior peduncle and the ventral (or accessory) cochlear nucleus located on the ventral aspect of the inferior peduncle.

(Cochlear Nucleus, NCI Thesaurus)

A cochlear implant is a small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound.

(Cochlear Implants, NIH)

Unilateral BRAIN STEM lesions involving the cochlear nuclei may result in unilateral hearing loss.

(Central Hearing Loss, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Medical devices which interact with or replace parts of the nervous system, e.g., cochlear implant.

(Neural Prosthesis, NCI Thesaurus)

The wall of the cochlear duct, which separates it from the scala tympani.

(Basilar Membrane of the Membranous Canal of the Cochlea, NCI Thesaurus)

An aminoglycoside antibiotic derived from kanamycin A, exhibiting a similar cochlear toxicity profile to that of kanamycin A.

(Butikacin, NCI Thesaurus)

It is putatively involved in regulation of the ionic balance of perilymphatic and endolymphatic cochlear fluids.

(GNAZ Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A thin layer of tissue that forms the anterior wall of the cochlear duct, which separates it from the vestibular canal.

(Membrane of Reissner, NCI Thesaurus)