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Definition of Anthelix
1. n. Same as Antihelix.
Definition of Anthelix
1. Noun. (anatomy) A curved prominence of cartilage on the pinna, parallel with and in front of the helix. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anthelix
1. the inner curved ridge on the cartilage of the external ear [n -LICES or -LIXES]
Medical Definition of Anthelix
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthelix
Literary usage of Anthelix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Morris's Human Anatomy: A Complete Systematic Treatise by English and by Henry Morris, James Playfair McMurrich (1907)
"The anthelix divides superiorly into two ridges, the crura of the anthelix, and
between these is a shallow depression, the triangular fossa ..."
2. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1914)
"The Wildermuth ear.1 The anthelix projects so far as to form the most prominent
part of the ... the cms superius of the anthelix coalesces with the helix, ..."
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