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Noun: external auditory canal
  1. Either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
    - auditory meatus, acoustic meatus, ear canal, auditory canal

Derived forms: external auditory canals

Type of: meatus

Part of: external ear, outer ear

Encyclopedia: External auditory canal