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English noun: middle ear

1. middle ear (body) the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear


Synonymstympanic cavity, tympanum


Broader (hypernym)bodily cavity, cavity, cavum


Part holonymanvil, auditory tube, bonelet, Eustachian tube, hammer, incus, malleus, ossicle, ossiculum, stapes, stirrup


Part meronymauditory apparatus









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