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cochlea
[ kok-lee-uh, koh-klee-uh ]
noun
- a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals.
cochlea
/ ˈkɒklɪə /
noun
- the spiral tube, shaped like a snail's shell, that forms part of the internal ear, converting sound vibrations into nerve impulses
cochlea
/ kŏk′lē-ə /
, Plural cochleae kŏk′lē-ē′,-lē-ī′
- A spiral-shaped cavity of the inner ear and the main organ of hearing. The cochlea contains the nerve endings that transmit sound vibrations from the middle ear to the auditory nerve.
Derived Forms
- ˈcochlear, adjective
Other Words From
- cochle·ar adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cochlea1
Example Sentences
These bats have inner ears with extra space inside the cochlea and more neurons, which may help them hunt within a broad range of environments.
Since the Jurassic Period, mammals have had a distinctive arrangement of inner ear structures within the snail shell-shaped cochlea.
Hearing loss happens when the fragile hair cells inside the cochlea die.
Changes in pressure reach your cochlea and skin and become the voices and hugs of loved ones.
The latter is filled with a liquid which conveys the vibrations to a part having a coiled shell-like structure called the Cochlea.
A dull bookworm like me,—cochlea vitam agens, Mr. Squills,—leading the life of a snail!
To destroy the cochlear nerve, the whole of the cochlea should be removed.
At the most, they knew the use of the spoon or cochlea, which they employed in eating eggs.
That part of the ear which receives sound waves is known as the cochlea, or snail shell, because of its shape.
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