Found 3 items, similar to auricle.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: auricle
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: auricle
auricle
n 1: a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior
part of each atrium of the heart [syn:
atrial auricle,
auricula atrii]
2: the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the
external ear [syn:
pinna,
ear]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Auricle
Auricle
\Au"ri*cle\, n. [L. auricula, dim. of auris ear. See
Ear.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is
prominent from the head.
(b) The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart,
by which the blood is received and transmitted to the
ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its
resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some
quadrupeds. See
Heart.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) An angular or ear-shaped lobe.
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3. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing;
a kind of ear trumpet. --Mansfield.
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