EAR CANAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ear canal mean? 

• EAR CANAL (noun)
  The noun EAR CANAL has 1 sense:

1. either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

  Familiarity information: EAR CANAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EAR CANAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

acoustic meatus; auditory canal; auditory meatus; ear canal; external auditory canal

Hypernyms ("ear canal" is a kind of...):

meatus (a natural body passageway)

Meronyms (parts of "ear canal"):

auricular point; auriculare (the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus)

Holonyms ("ear canal" is a part of...):

external ear; outer ear (the part of the ear visible externally)

 Context examples 

They engineered an antibiotic-containing gel that can be inserted directly inside the ear canal.

(Developing novel ear infection treatments, NIH)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the pinna and/or the ear canal.

(External Ear Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A bacterial infectious process involving the outer ear and ear canal.

(External Ear Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute or chronic inflammatory process involving the skin of the outer ear and the ear canal.

(External Ear Inflammation, NCI Thesaurus)

A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal.

(Cerumen, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by inflammation, swelling and redness to the outer ear and ear canal.

(External Ear Inflammation, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the pinna and/or the ear canal.

(Non-Neoplastic External Ear Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

That part of the ear canal external to the ear drum

(Murine External Auditory Canal, NCI Thesaurus)

A part of the ear canal that is external to the ear drum.

(External Acoustic Meatus, NCI Thesaurus)

The outer ear consists of the auricle, the ear canal as well as the tympanic membrane.

(Ear, NCI Thesaurus)