plural cochleas or cochleae
ˈkō-klē-ˌē 
-ˌī,
ˈkä-klē-
: a hollow tube in the inner ear of higher vertebrates that is usually coiled like a snail shell and contains the sensory organ of hearing see ear illustration
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The bone also had a number of malformations, including an unusually wide ear canal, an unusual connection between one ear canal and neighboring chamber and a small cochlea, that suggested the child had Down syndrome.
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
This virus, referred to as DB-OTO, is injected into the cochlea, and facilitates the replacement of the faulty gene with the healthy one.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 9 May 2024
And even more familiar is the idea that the volume or amplitude of sound can damage our hearing by injuring the cells and membranes of the cochlea in the ear.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2024
Tinnitus is caused by noise damage to the sensory cells in the inner ear, or cochlea.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Jan. 2011
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
This virus, referred to as DB-OTO, is injected into the cochlea, and facilitates the replacement of the faulty gene with the healthy one.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 9 May 2024
And even more familiar is the idea that the volume or amplitude of sound can damage our hearing by injuring the cells and membranes of the cochlea in the ear.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2024
Tinnitus is caused by noise damage to the sensory cells in the inner ear, or cochlea.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Jan. 2011
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plural cochleas or cochleae
-klē-ˌē
-lē-ˌē,
-ˌī
: a hollow tube of the inner ear of higher vertebrates that is usually coiled like a snail shell and contains the endings of the nerve which carries information about sound to the brain
cochlear
adjective
ˈkō-klē-ər
ˈkäk-lē-
Medical Definition
plural cochleas or cochleae
ˈkō-klē-ˌē, ˈkäk-lē-ˌē, -ˌī
: a division of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear coiled into the form of a snail shell and consisting of a spiral canal in the petrous part of the temporal bone in which lies a smaller membranous spiral passage that communicates with the saccule at the base of the spiral, ends blindly near its apex, and contains the organ of Corti
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