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(astronautics) Referring to the period before orbit is achieved.
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(by extension, anatomy) Any small circular area that is different from its immediate environment, such as the colored ring around the pupil of the eye (iris) or an inflamed region surrounding a pimple.
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(biology) Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.
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(anatomy, relational) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
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(art, historical) An ornamental style of the first half of the 17th century, characterized by stylized and softly flowing abstract shapes in relief.
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(biology, rare) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared.
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Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.
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Synonym of outer ear (Latin designation)
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Synonym of middle ear (Latin designation)
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Having or relating to two auricles.
adj
Alternative form of biauricular [Having or relating to two auricles.]
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(boxing, wrestling, sports) An ear swollen and deformed by repeated blows, common among boxers and rugby players.
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Having to do with cerumen (earwax).
n
An ear piercing in the inner cartilage just above the earhole.
n
Alternative form of daith [An ear piercing in the inner cartilage just above the earhole.]
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(dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
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(architecture) An acroterium.
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A liquid medical product in a small bottle, which can be inserted into the ear using a dropper (usually provided). See also eardrop.
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(anatomy, dermatology) The terminal hair arising from the follicular cartilage inside the external auditory meatus in humans.
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The lower, exterior, fleshy, bulbous part of the human ear.
n
(medicine, informal) otoliths
n
(medicine) Aural toilet.
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Alternative spelling of earwax [(medicine, pathology) A waxy substance secreted by the ear.]
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Alternative form of ear, nose and throat [(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.]
n
Alternative spelling of earwax [(medicine, pathology) A waxy substance secreted by the ear.]
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Archaic spelling of ear. [(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.]
n
The outer aperture of the ear; the entrance to the ear canal.
n
Synonym of ear trumpet (“type of hearing aid”)
n
Alternative spelling of ear lobe [The lower, exterior, fleshy, bulbous part of the human ear.]
n
(art, historical) Synonym of auricular style
n
The tip of the external ear.
n
(medicine, pathology) A waxy substance secreted by the ear.
adj
Synonym of endotympanic
n
A scale or sclerite covering the eye of an animal
n
Alternative spelling of eye socket [(anatomy, ophthalmology) The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.]
adj
(comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
n
A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
n
(medicine, colloquial) Otitis media with effusion.
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(anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
adj
(medicine) Describing a type of hearing aid that fits within the concha of the wearer's ear.
n
(US) A piercing, especially of the upper ear cartilage, in which two pierced holes are connected with a single straight piece of jewelry.
adj
Alternative form of intra-aural [Within the ear.]
adj
Alternative form of intra-aural [Within the ear.]
n
(medicine, countable) An in the ear hearing aid.
n
Alternative form of Jew's-ear [A kind of edible fungus, Auricularia auricula-judae, growing on tree-trunks, formerly used for medicinal purposes.]
n
(anatomy) A similar structure, shaped like a flask, that is a hearing organ in some vertebrates.
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A lip piercing placed off-center, above the upper lip on the right-hand side.
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(anatomy) Synonym of eardrum
adj
(anatomy, medicine, uncommon) Of or pertaining to the eardrum(s) (the myringes).
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(anatomy, medicine) Alternative form of myringa; Synonym of eardrum. [(anatomy) Synonym of eardrum]
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(anatomy) Part of the cochlea of the inner ear in mammals, provided with hair cells or auditory sensory cells.
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The conical part of an otoscope that is inserted into the ear
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The scientific description of the ear.
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(anatomy) the blind spot in the eye
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(linguistics) The connection between laryngeal (glottal) and nasal articulations.
n
(anatomy) A fissure; a cleft.
n
A curved ridge in the middle of the macula of a utricle
adj
(medicine) Abbreviation of sublingual. [(medicine) Administered through placement under the tongue.]
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(audio, headphones) Pressing onto the ears, and sealing the outer ear (as opposed to being placed in the ear, or hanging onto the ear, or surrounding the ear).
adj
Alternative form of supra-aural [(audio, headphones) Pressing onto the ears, and sealing the outer ear (as opposed to being placed in the ear, or hanging onto the ear, or surrounding the ear).]
adj
Of, relating to, or resembling a drum.
n
The peculiar high-pitched quality of sound produced by percussion over the intestines, etc. when they contain air.
adv
By means of, or in terms of, the eardrum or middle ear.
n
(architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated
n
The portion of the face below the eyebrow and above the eyelid.
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