English Explanatory Dictionary

meatus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
  2. Ellipsis of acoustic meatus, the passage leading into the ear.

Pronunciation

/miˈeɪ.təs/ En-us-meatus.ogg /miˈeɪˌtus/

Word forms

meatus meatuses

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”).

Synonyms

ear canal

Related words

ear canal foramen

Derived words

auditory meatus meatal meato- permeate pseudomeatus urethral meatus
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