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Definition of Scala
1. n. A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
Definition of Scala
1. Noun. Ladder; sequence. ¹
2. Noun. (anatomy) Ladder-like structure in the cochlea of a mammal's ear. ¹
3. Noun. A machine formerly used for reducing dislocations of the humerus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scala
1. a ladder-like structure [n SCALAE]
Medical Definition of Scala
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Origin: L, a ladder.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Scala
Literary usage of Scala
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Moreover it was urged that if Venice once attacked the scala she would be joined
by all who were jealous of the growing power of Verona and its Lords. ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Floor of scala media, showing the organ of Corti, etc. tissue, are contained in
the walls of the utricle and saccule opposite the distribution of the nerves ..."
3. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The whole tube of the cochlea diminishes in size from the bottom of the lowermost
whorl to the top of the highest; but the diminution affects the two scala- ..."
4. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1803)
"An early proficiency in letters, recommended him to the notice of Cosmo de'
Medici; and it was the pride of scala to avow the meanness of his birth, ..."
5. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"The canalis cochlearis thus lying between these two scalas is sometimes called
the scala media; but this name is undesirable since the canalis cochlearis ..."
6. Text-book of normal histology by George Arthur Piersol (1893)
"ment the perilymphatic space, instead of constituting a single cavity in which
the epithelial tube is suspended, is divided into the scala vestibuli above ..."
7. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1795)
"... following short introductory epistle from scala to Lorenzo de' Medici. " Bart.
scala, Laurentio Medici, urbis spei, SD Collegi, Laurenti charis- " sime, ..."
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