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Inner Ear

Definition: Inner Ear

Inner Ear

Noun

1. A complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Inner Ear

DomainDefinition

Medicine

The labyrinth, comprising the vestibule, cochlea, and semicircular canals. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Inner Ear

Synonyms: internal ear (n), labyrinth (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Inner Ear

English words defined with "inner ear": arteria basilaris, Asteriscus, auditory ossiclebasilar arterycochleaearache, endolymph, equilibriumfenestraimbalance, instability, internal auditory veinlabyrinthine, labyrinthine sense, labyrinthine vein, labyrinthitismembranous labyrinth, Meniere's disease, middle earorgan of Corti, os temporale, otalgia, otitis interna, otosclerosisperilymphSemicircular canals, sense of balance, sense of equilibriumtemporal bone, tympanic cavity, tympanumunbalancevestibular sense. (references)
Specialty definitions using "inner ear": Bone Conduction, bone-conductionCochlear DiseasesEndolymphatic ShuntgravireceptorsMezlocillin, muscle tensor tympaninoise induced hearing lossotolith organspars petrosaRetrocochlear, retrocochlear hearing lossSaccule and Utricle, sensorineural deafness, sensori-neural hearing loss, statoconiumTectorial MembraneVestibular Aqueduct, Vestibular Diseases. (references)
Etymologies containing "inner ear": tragus. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Inner Ear

DomainTitle

Books

  • Healing Song for the Inner Ear (reference)

  • Inner Ear Pathobiology (Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Vol 45) (reference)

  • Loopy is the Inner Ear (reference)

  • New Aspects of Cochlear Mechanics and Inner Ear Pathophysiology (Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Vol. 44) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Inner Ear

Illustrations: Inner Ear

Subject(s): ... Inner ear, hair, cell ...
Subject(s): ... drawing, inner ear, balance ...

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Non-Fiction Usage: Inner Ear

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Health

This often prompts suspicion of an inner ear problem. (references)

The structures of the inner ear may be severely damaged. (references)

Weak nystagmus or the absence of nystagmus may indicate an inner ear disorder. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Inner Ear

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.
 
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15

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4

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12

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4

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11

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11

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10

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8

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Modern Translation: Inner Ear

Language Translations for "inner ear"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏الأذن الداخلية. (various references)

   

Czech

  

vnitřní ucho. (various references)

   

Danish

  

indre oere (internal ear). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

inwendig oor (internal ear). (various references)

   

French

  

oreille interne (internal ear). (various references)

   

German

  

Innenohr (internal ear), Labyrinth (maze, labyrinth), Auris interna (internal ear). (various references)

   

Italian

  

orecchio interno (internal ear). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

内耳 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ないじ (internal affairs, internal or domestic affairs, maid of honor, personal affairs, unofficial announcement). (various references)

   

Manx

  

cleaysh sthie. (various references)

   

Mohawk

  

ohonhsa. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inneray earay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Inner Ear

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-r-r"

-2 letters: aerier, earner, inaner, narine, nearer, reearn.

-3 letters: aerie, airer, inane, inner, ranee, renin, reran.

-4 letters: airn, earn, erne, near, nene, nine, rain, rani, rare, rear, rein.

-5 letters: ain, air, ane, ani, are, ear, era, ere, ern, err, inn, ire, nae, nan, nee, ran, ree, rei, ria, rin.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-r-r"
 

+1 letter: entrainer, reearning.

 

+2 letters: dinnerware, entrainers, interregna, interrenal, relearning.

 

+3 letters: breadwinner, carrageenin, dinnerwares, entertainer, inenarrable, inerrancies, interlinear, reengraving, refrainment, rehardening, reincarnate, reinnervate, reinsurance.

 

+4 letters: breadwinners, carpentering, carrageenins, entertainers, heartrending, interchanger, interlinears, internuclear, intrapreneur, intrauterine, kindergarten, overlearning, refrainments, regenerating, regeneration, reincarnated, reincarnates, reinnervated, reinnervates, reinsurances, remaindering, remunerating, remuneration, repatterning, unrestrained, veterinarian.

 

+5 letters: anniversaries, antiforeigner, interchangers, interlayering, interlinearly, intermembrane, interneuronal, interpersonal, interregional, interrelating, interrelation, interterminal, intrapreneurs, kindergartens, kindergartner, mediterranean, mercenariness, nonhereditary, nonretractile, noradrenaline, noradrenergic, peregrinating, peregrination, preordainment, regenerations, reinnervating, reinnervation, reintegrating, reintegration, remunerations, reorientating, reorientation, sensorineural, underreacting, veterinarians.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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