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Definition of Middle ear

1. Noun. The main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear.

Definition of Middle ear

1. Noun. (anatomy) The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea. ¹

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Medical Definition of Middle ear

1. middle ear

Lexicographical Neighbors of Middle Ear

Literary usage of Middle ear

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The drum of the ear separates the outer from the middle ear, the middle ear being an air cavity ... The sound is conducted across the middle ear by a system ..."

2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1900)
"DISEASES OF THE middle ear. The majority of diseases of the ear occurring in ... (a) Acute inflammation of the middle ear (otitis media acuta) and acute ..."

3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"They destroy the source of bacterial poisons, which are often the source of chronic toxic absorption, as is seen in cases with chronic middle ear ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"The aural surgeon was exceedingly loath to institute any radical method of treatment for the relief of middle-ear suppuration. Even incision of the drum ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"Disease of the middle ear after Removal of the Trigeminal Nerve. ... Subsequently this was shown to be due to a disease of the middle ear, with extension to ..."

6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The middle ear, or Tympanum. The middle ear, or tympanum, is an irregular cavity, compressed from without inward, and situated within the petrous bone. ..."

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