"middle ear" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: middle ears [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} middle ear (plural middle ears)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: middle ear Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: auris media, tympanum Related terms: inner ear, outer ear Translations (cavity in the ear): erdi belarri (Basque), orella mitjana [feminine] (Catalan), 中耳 (tiong-hīⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 中耳 (zung¹ ji⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 中耳 (zhōng'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), střední ucho [neuter] (Czech), mellemøre [neuter] (Danish), middenoor [neuter] (Dutch), välikorva (Finnish), oreille moyenne [feminine] (French), oído medio [masculine] (Galician), Mittelohr [neuter] (German), μέσο ους (méso ous) [neuter] (Greek), középfül (Hungarian), miðeyra [neuter] (Icelandic), telinga tengah (Indonesian), chluas láir [feminine] (Irish), orecchio medio [masculine] (Italian), 中耳 (chūji) (alt: ちゅうじ) (Japanese), ортаңғы құлақ (ortañğy qūlaq) (Kazakh), 가운데귀 (gaundegwi) (Korean), മദ്ധ്യകർണ്ണം (maddhyakaṟṇṇaṁ) (Malayalam), guhê naverast [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), ambolt [masculine] (Norwegian), mellomøre [neuter] (Norwegian), ucho środkowe [neuter] (Polish), ouvido médio [masculine] (Portuguese), ureche medie [feminine] (Romanian), сре́днее у́хо (srédneje úxo) [neuter] (Russian), stredné ucho [neuter] (Slovak), srédnje uhó [neuter] (Slovene), орто кулак (orto kulak) (Southern Altai), oído medio [masculine] (Spanish), mellanöra [neuter] (Swedish), మధ్యచెవి (madhyacevi) (Telugu), หูชั้นกลาง (hǔu-chán-glaang) (Thai), orta kulak (Turkish), сере́днє ву́хо (serédnje vúxo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), tai giữa (Vietnamese), glust ganol [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "roman": "srédneje úxo",
      "sense": "cavity in the ear",
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      "word": "сре́днее у́хо"
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      "sense": "cavity in the ear",
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      "sense": "cavity in the ear",
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      "sense": "cavity in the ear",
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      "sense": "cavity in the ear",
      "word": "మధ్యచెవి"
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      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hǔu-chán-glaang",
      "sense": "cavity in the ear",
      "word": "หูชั้นกลาง"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cavity in the ear",
      "word": "orta kulak"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "serédnje vúxo",
      "sense": "cavity in the ear",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сере́днє ву́хо"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cavity in the ear",
      "word": "tai giữa"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "cavity in the ear",
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      "word": "glust ganol"
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  "word": "middle ear"
}

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