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middle ear

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. the middle portion of the ear, consisting of the tympanic membrane and an air-filled chamber lined with mucous membrane, that contains the malleus, incus, and stapes.


middle ear

noun

  1. the sound-conducting part of the ear, containing the malleus, incus, and stapes
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middle ear

/ mĭdl /

  1. The part of the ear in most mammals that contains the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and the three ossicles (malleus, incus, and stapes) which transmit sound vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear.
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middle ear

  1. A part of the ear on the inner side of the eardrum ; it contains three small bones that transmit sound waves to the inner ear from the eardrum.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of middle ear1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

One of the bones around the spiracles of early vertebrates eventually became the stapes in the middle ear of humans and other present-day animals.

The staphylococcus, bacillus of Friedlnder, colon bacillus, and Bacillus pyocyaneus may be met in chronic middle-ear disease.

Hearing defects usually arise from catarrhal trouble in the middle ear.

They are nearly all due to catarrhal infection of the middle ear through  the Eustachian tube.

The middle ear contains three bones that convey the vibrations of the tympanum to the internal ear.

In either sex arrested development of the face, middle ear, and palate often coexists with these supernumerary breasts.

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