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    AUDITORY APPARATUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    All of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner earsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("auditory apparatus" is a kind of...):

    apparatus ((anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function)

    Meronyms (parts of "auditory apparatus"):

    inner ear; internal ear; labyrinth (a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium)

    external ear; outer ear (the part of the ear visible externally)

    middle ear; tympanic cavity; tympanum (the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear)

    Domain category:

    otology (the branch of medicine concerned with the ear)

    Holonyms ("auditory apparatus" is a part of...):

    auditory system (the sensory system for hearing)

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