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Examples of ear canal in a Sentence
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Over-cleaning can lead to irritation or infection of the ear canal, according to the American Kennel Club.
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Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
Bone conduction works by sending sound vibrations through your cheekbones instead of traveling through the air and into your ear canal.
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Victoria Song, The Verge, 21 July 2024
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
These include an abnormal shape of the lateral semicircular canal (the shortest ear canal); an enlarged vestibular aqueduct, a narrow, bony canal that goes from the inner ear to deep inside the skull, and a reduction of the overall size of the cochlea bone chamber.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1859, in the meaning defined above
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“Ear canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ear%20canal. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
Kids Definition
ear canal
nounMedical Definition
ear canal
noun
: the tubular passage of the outer ear leading to the tympanic membrane
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