middle ear
middle ear noun: the cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.
Noun
middle ear (plural middle ears)
- The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.
- Synonyms:
- auris media, tympanum
middle ear meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
middle ear in Tamil
- நடுச்செவி, இடைச் செவி
middle ear in Telugu
- cavity in the ear
- మధ్యచెవి madhyacevi
middle ear in Malayalam
- cavity in the ear
- മദ്ധ്യകർണ്ണം maddhyakaṟṇṇaṁ
middle ear in Kannada
- ಮಧ್ಯಕಿವಿ, ಮಧ್ಯಗಿವಿ, ಕಿವಿಯ ಮಧ್ಯಭಾಗದ ಕುಹರ
More languagesFewer languages
- middle ear in Indonesian
- telinga tengah
- middle ear in Thai
- หูชั้นกลาง hǔu-chán-glaang
- middle ear in Vietnamese
- tai giữa
Synonyms of middle ear
Forms of middle ear
| plural | middle ears |
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Questions about middle ear
- What does middle ear mean?
- Middle ear means the cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.
- What is middle ear in Tamil?
- Middle ear in Tamil is நடுச்செவி, இடைச் செவி. See Middle ear meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is middle ear?
- Middle ear is a noun.
- What is the plural of middle ear?
- The plural of middle ear is middle ears.
Words near middle ear in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: middle ear (page history and authors); middle ear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); middle ear (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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