ORGAN OF CORTI

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("organ of Corti" is a kind of...):

organ of hearing (the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound)

Meronyms (parts of "organ of Corti"):

hair cell (a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti)

Holonyms ("organ of Corti" is a part of...):

cochlea (the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti)

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