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Definition of Auricular point
1. Noun. The craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus.
Generic synonyms: Craniometric Point
Group relationships: Acoustic Meatus, Auditory Canal, Auditory Meatus, Ear Canal, External Auditory Canal
Medical Definition of Auricular point
1. A craniometric point at the centre of the opening of the external acoustic meatus; or, in certain cases, the middle of the upper edge of this opening. Synonym: auricular point. Origin: L. Auricularis, pertaining to the ear (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Auricular Point
Literary usage of Auricular point
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... called opinai point (-V); and the mpra-auricular point, the point vertically
over the auricular point at the root of the zygomatic process. ..."
2. Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori (1913)
"The auricular point (corresponding to a little depression which may be felt just
below the tragus ... The supra-auricular point. 3. The auricular point. 4. ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The position of the transverse sinus is obtained by taking two lines: the first
from the inion to a point 2.5 cm. behind the auricular point; the second ..."
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