"ear canal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ear canals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ear canal (plural ear canals)
  1. (anatomy) The tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum through which sound enters. Wikipedia link: ear canal Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: acoustic meatus, auditory canal, auditory meatus, external acoustic meatus, external auditory canal, external auditory meatus Translations (tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum): قَنَاة سَمْعِيَّة (qanāh samʕiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), صِمَاخ (ṣimāḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), 耳道 (ěrdào) (Chinese Mandarin), zvukovod [masculine] (Czech), øregang [common-gender] (Danish), gehoorgang (Dutch), korvakäytävä (Finnish), conduit auditif [masculine] (French), Gehörgang (German), külső hallójárat (Hungarian), hlust [feminine] (Icelandic), canáil na cluaise [feminine] (Irish), canáil chloisteála [feminine] (Irish), 外耳道 (gaijidō) (alt: がいじどう) (Japanese), klausomoji landa (Lithuanian), pūtaringa (Maori), karɨkeporɨnump (Murik (New Guinea)), kanala guhê (Northern Kurdish), øregang [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ørekanal [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), اصر (ısr) (Ottoman Turkish), مجرای گوش (mejrāy-e gūš) [singular] (Persian), przewód słuchowy zewnętrzny [masculine] (Polish), canal auditivo [masculine] (Portuguese), слухово́й кана́л (sluxovój kanál) [masculine] (Russian), ушно́й кана́л (ušnój kanál) [masculine] (Russian), слухово́й прохо́д (sluxovój proxód) [masculine] (Russian), conducto auditivo externo [masculine] (Spanish), hörselgång [common-gender] (Swedish), รูหู (ruu-hǔu) (Thai), lilamameat (Volapük)

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      "sense": "tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum",
      "word": "Gehörgang"
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "ruu-hǔu",
      "sense": "tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum",
      "word": "รูหู"
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