auricle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.
The outer ear or pinna.
Synonym of atrium.
An anterior ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the human heart.

/ˈɔː.ɹɪk.əl/ /ˈɔɹ.ək.əl/ En-us-oracle.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-auricle.wav

auricle auricles

From Latin auricula (“the external ear”), diminutive of auris (“the ear”). Doublet of auricula.

pinna pavilion atrium

auricula auricular auriculo-

auricled postauricle retroauricle

Catalan: aurícula Finnish: korvake Portuguese: aurícula Spanish: aurícula

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