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The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: auris media, tympanum
Antonyms: none provided
the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tympanic cavity, tympanum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Southern Altai:
орто кулак
(orto kulak)
— cavity in the ear
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Basque:
erdi belarri
— cavity in the ear
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Catalan:
orella mitjana
— cavity in the ear
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Chinese Cantonese:
中耳
(zung1 ji5)
— cavity in the ear
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Chinese:
中耳
(tiong-hīn)
— cavity in the ear
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Chinese Mandarin:
中耳
(zhōng'ěr)
— cavity in the ear
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Czech:
střední ucho
— cavity in the ear
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Danish:
mellemøre
— cavity in the ear
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Dutch:
middenoor
— cavity in the ear
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Finnish:
välikorva
— cavity in the ear
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French:
oreille moyenne
— cavity in the ear
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Galician:
oído medio
— cavity in the ear
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German:
Mittelohr
— cavity in the ear
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Greek:
μέσο ους
(méso ous)
— cavity in the ear
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Hungarian:
középfül
— cavity in the ear
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Icelandic:
miðeyra
— cavity in the ear
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Indonesian:
telinga tengah
— cavity in the ear
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Irish:
chluas láir
— cavity in the ear
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Italian:
orecchio medio
— cavity in the ear
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Japanese:
中耳
(chūji)
— cavity in the ear
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Kazakh:
ортаңғы құлақ
(ortañğy qūlaq)
— cavity in the ear
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Korean:
가운데귀
(gaundegwi)
— cavity in the ear
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Northern Kurdish:
guhê naverast
— cavity in the ear
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Malayalam:
മദ്ധ്യകർണ്ണം
(maddhyakaṟṇṇaṁ)
— cavity in the ear
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Norwegian:
ambolt
— cavity in the ear
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Norwegian:
mellomøre
— cavity in the ear
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Polish:
ucho środkowe
— cavity in the ear
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Portuguese:
ouvido médio
— cavity in the ear
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Romanian:
ureche medie
— cavity in the ear
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Russian:
сре́днее у́хо
(srédneje úxo)
— cavity in the ear
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Slovak:
stredné ucho
— cavity in the ear
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Slovene:
srédnje uhó
— cavity in the ear
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Spanish:
oído medio
— cavity in the ear
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Swedish:
mellanöra
— cavity in the ear
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Telugu:
మధ్యచెవి
(madhyacevi)
— cavity in the ear
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Thai:
หูชั้นกลาง
(hǔu-chán-glaang)
— cavity in the ear
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Turkish:
orta kulak
— cavity in the ear
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Ukrainian:
сере́днє ву́хо
(serédnje vúxo)
— cavity in the ear
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Vietnamese:
tai giữa
— cavity in the ear
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Welsh:
glust ganol
— cavity in the ear
