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antehelix

antehelix is the alternative spelling of antihelix.

Meaning of antihelix

Noun

antihelix (plural antihelices or antihelixes)

  1. The curved prominence of cartilage of the external ear, within or in front of the helix.

Forms of antehelix

pluralantehelices
pluralantehelixes

Questions about antehelix

What is antehelix the alternative spelling of?
Antehelix is the alternative spelling of antihelix.

Words near antehelix in the dictionary

  1. antegonial
  2. antegrade
  3. antegradely
  4. antegrammatical
  5. antehelices
  6. antehelix
  7. antehelixes
  8. antehuman
  9. antehumeral
  10. antehypophyseal
  11. antehypophyses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antehelix (page history and authors); antihelix (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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