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Definition of auricular
1 : told privately an auricular confession
2 : understood or recognized by the sense of hearing
3 : of, relating to, or using the ear or the sense of hearing auricular therapy
4 : of or relating to an auricle auricular tachycardia
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Examples of auricular in a Sentence
had auricular proof that the sun was up, as the birds began chirping
Recent Examples of auricular from the Web
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A 2015 study in the journal Psychophysiology reviewed past research on the auricular nerves and found indications that the system could have been adapted to respond to sounds.
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Some people can control their auricular muscles to move the ear slightly but to a noticeable extent, an ability that seems to have a genetic basis.
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First Known Use of auricular
15th century
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