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Outer ear   /ˈaʊtər ɪr/   Listen
Outer ear

noun
1.
The part of the ear visible externally.  Synonym: external ear.





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... vitreous humor in front of it to act upon the light, so the internal ear has an apparatus in front of it to act upon the sound waves. This is called the drum (tympanum). It consists of a fold of thin, delicate skin stretched tightly across the bottom of the outer ear canal, as parchment is stretched across the head of a drum. If you should take a hand-mirror—best a hollow, or concave, one—and throw a bright ray of light deep into some one's ear, you would be able, after a little trying, to ...
— A Handbook of Health • Woods Hutchinson
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Words linked to "Outer ear" :   external organ, pinna, ear, auditory canal, acoustic meatus, external auditory canal, auditory apparatus, external ear, auricle, ear canal, auditory meatus


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