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English noun: cochlea

1. cochlea (body) the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti


Broader (hypernym)tube, tube-shaped structure


Part holonymbasilar membrane, modiolus, organ of Corti


Part meronyminner ear, internal ear, labyrinth









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