ear canal

noun

: the tubular passage of the outer ear leading to the tympanic membrane

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The buds offer a standard ANC mode and an adaptive ANC mode that’s meant to tune the cancellation to the shape of your ear canal. PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025 In a personal essay, Ms. McKinney writes about how a childhood cholesteatoma destroyed her right eardrum and most of her ear canal, leaving her partly deaf. Adrienne Raphel, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025 Three Ways to Hear Chris Philpot In normal hearing, sound waves travel down the ear canal and vibrate the ear drum and tiny bones in the middle ear. IEEE Spectrum, 18 July 2022 To treat tinnitus, local anesthetics may be injected into the ear canal. Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for ear canal

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First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ear canal was in 1859

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“Ear canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ear%20canal. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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ear canal

noun

Medical Definition

ear canal

noun
: the tubular passage of the outer ear leading to the tympanic membrane
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