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Definition: Cochlear |
CochlearAdjective1. Of or relating to the cochlea of the ear; "cochlear implant". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Of or pertaining to the cochlea. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Cochlear |
| English words defined with "cochlear": vena canaliculi cochleae. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cochlear": Cochlear Implantation, Cochlear Implants, cochlear microphonic, cochlear microphonic poten- tial, Cochlear Microphonic Potentials, Cochlear Nerve, Cochlear Nucleus ♦ eight cranial nerve, Endolymphatic Shunt ♦ Hearing Loss, Central ♦ intracochlear electrode, invasive electrode ♦ scala tympani electrode, sound stimulation, Spiral Ganglion, spiral organ, Stria Vascularis ♦ Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | No mortalities have been attributed to cochlear implantation. (references) | |
Auditory performance with a cochlear implant varies among individuals. (references) | ||
They have shown reduced cochlear blood flow following exposure to noise. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cochlear" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cochlear" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Australia | Cochlear Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "cochlear": Cochlear Aqueduct ♦ cochlear canal ♦ cochlear device ♦ Cochlear Diseases ♦ Cochlear Duct ♦ cochlear implant ♦ Cochlear Implantation ♦ Cochlear Implants ♦ cochlear microphonic ♦ Cochlear Microphonic Potentials ♦ Cochlear Nerve ♦ Cochlear Nucleus ♦ cochlear prosthesis ♦ membranous cochlear canal. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "cochlear": Sacculo-cochlear. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cochlear"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 匙形. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | toèitý (spiral, winding), kochleární. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cochlearis (cochlear nerve), cochlear, cochleae, cochleær, nervus cochlearis (cochlear nerve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cochleair. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cochléaria, cochléaire (cochlear nerve), cochléaire, nerf cochléaire (cochlear nerve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | cochlearis (cochlear nerve), cochleaer, kochlear, kochleär. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοχλιακός, κοχλιακό νεύρο (cochlear nerve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שבלול "אזן, שבלול (mussel, slug, snail, spiral). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csigás (curly), spirális (helical, spiral, whorled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cocleare, coclea (cochlea), nervo cocleare (acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, cochlear nerve, eight cranial nerve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ochlearcay coclear. (various references) относящийся к улитке, ложка как мера лекарства (cochleare). (various references) kohlearni živac, kohlearni. (various references) coclear (cochleare), nervio coclear (cochlear nerve), de coclear. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Cochlear" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cochlearia, cochleas, cochler. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cochlear" (pronounced kÄ"klēer) |
| 4 | -k l ē er | likelier, mononuclear, nuclear, thermonuclear. |
| 3 | -l ē er | chillier, costlier, deadlier, earlier, friendlier, Hillier, holier, livelier, sillier, uglier. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-h-l-o-r" | |
-1 letter: caroche, cholera, chorale, choreal, coacher, cochlea, coracle. | |
-2 letters: carcel, caroch, choler, choral, chorea, cloche, coaler, ochrea, orache, oracle, recoal. | |
-3 letters: cache, carle, carol, cecal, ceorl, chare, chela, chore, clach, claro, clear, coach, coral, haler, haole, horal, lacer, larch, leach, loach, ocher, ochre, ocrea, orach, reach, roach. | |
-4 letters: ache, acre, aero, alec, aloe, arch, arco. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-h-l-o-r" | |
+1 letter: chloracne. | |
+2 letters: chancellor, charcoaled, chloracnes, homocercal. | |
+3 letters: chancellors, chancellory, chocolatier, procephalic. | |
+4 letters: accomplisher, agrochemical, chalcopyrite, chlorenchyma, chocolatiers, cholerically, heroicomical, heterocercal, microcephaly, necrophiliac, ochlocracies, pyrocatechol, theocratical. | |
+5 letters: accomplishers, agrochemicals, archeological, cephalometric, chalcopyrites, chancellories, chemosurgical, chlorenchymas, hydrocephalic, lexicographic, microcephalic, necrophiliacs, neurochemical, petrochemical, phallocentric, pyrocatechols, pyrotechnical, radiochemical, schoolteacher. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 63 68 6C 65 61 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -.-. .... .-.. . .- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100011 01101000 01101100 01100101 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o c h l e a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0063 0068 006C 0065 0061 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781697478716784 |
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