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meatus

[ mee-ey-tuhs ]

noun

Anatomy.
plural meatuses, meatus.
  1. an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.


meatus

/ ³¾ÉªËˆ±ðɪ³ÙÉ™²õ /

noun

  1. anatomy a natural opening or channel, such as the canal leading from the outer ear to the eardrum
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾±ð·²¹î€ƒt²¹±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of meatus1

1655–65; < Latin ³¾±ðÄå³Ù³Ü²õ course, channel, equivalent to ³¾±ðÄå ( re ) to go, extend, have a course + -tus suffix of v. action
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of meatus1

C17: from Latin: passage, from ³¾±ðÄåre to pass
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On rare occasions, a false meatus can be located just above the normal one.

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Transmission in External Ear.—The external ear consists of the pinna, or auricle, and the external auditory meatus, or canal, at the bottom of which we find the membrana tympani, or drum head.

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Relief can occur, if the Eustachian tube remain closed, only by perforation of the membrane and the discharge of the secretions into the external meatus.

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Stitching pain at lobe of left ear and deep in and above external auditory meatus.

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Try the experiment—stop the meatus auditorius with beeswax, and try it, for half a dozen Sabbaths, even with the knowledge, that you can remove the impediment at will, which I cannot!

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