"cochlea" meaning in English

See cochlea in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒk.li.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkoʊ.kli.ə/ [General-American], /ˈkɑk.li.ə/ [General-American] Forms: cochleae [plural], cochleas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cochlea (“a snail”), from Ancient Greek κόχλιας (kókhlias, “a snail with a spiral shell”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cochlea||a snail}} Latin cochlea (“a snail”), {{der|en|grc|κόχλιας||a snail with a spiral shell}} Ancient Greek κόχλιας (kókhlias, “a snail with a spiral shell”) Head templates: {{en-noun|cochleae|s}} cochlea (plural cochleae or cochleas)
  1. (anatomy) The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Body parts Translations (Translations): koglea (Afrikaans), kokleenn [feminine] (Breton), ушен охлюв (ušen ohljuv) (Bulgarian), còclea [feminine] (Catalan), 耳蝸 (Chinese Mandarin), 耳蜗 (alt: ěrwō or ěrguā [Taiwan]) (Chinese Mandarin), hlemýžď [masculine] (Czech), slakkenhuis [neuter] (Dutch), simpukka (Finnish), cochlée [feminine] (French), Hörschnecke (German), κοχλίας (kochlías) [masculine] (Greek), csiga (Hungarian), kuðungur [masculine] (Icelandic), 蝸牛 (kagyū) (alt: かぎゅう) (Japanese), lûlpêç [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), sneglehuset (Norwegian), caracol [masculine] (Portuguese), cóclea [feminine] (Portuguese), ули́тка (ulítka) [feminine] (Russian), cóclea [feminine] (Spanish), hörselsnäcka [common-gender] (Swedish), öronsnäcka [common-gender] (Swedish), koklea (Swedish), karakol (Tagalog), หูชั้นในรูปหอยโข่ง (Thai), kulak salyangozu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cochlea-en-noun-XP5soNMb Disambiguation of Body parts: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 97 3
  2. A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.
    Sense id: en-cochlea-en-noun-yLGFIC5R
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cochlear

Inflected forms

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