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Auricle

noun
1.
A small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart.  Synonyms: atrial auricle, auricula atrii.
2.
The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear.  Synonyms: ear, pinna.





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"Auricle" Quotes from Famous Books



... an Italian physician of the 16th century; settled at Rome, made several anatomical discoveries, among others those of the tube from the middle ear to the mouth, and a valve on the wall of the right auricle of the heart, both ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood
... Spaniards gaze on Aragon, Upon that Female Paragon So gazed the Prophet's Cam-u-el, that primal Desert Ship. A connoisseur meticulous, He found her that ridiculous He grinned from ear to auricle until he ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various


Words linked to "Auricle" :   auricular, earlobe, cauliflower ear, auriculate, pouch, atrium of the heart, atrium cordis, external ear, pinna, tragus, pocket, ear lobe, cartilaginous structure, outer ear


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