auricle

/ɔːɹɪkəl/ · noun

Meaning

The outer ear or pinna.
An ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the heart.
An atrium, the smaller of the two types of chamber in the heart.
Any appendage in the shape of an earlobe.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

pinna(English)ear(English)atrial auricle(English)auricula atrii(English)auricula(English)appendix auriculae(English)outer ear(English)pavilion(English)auricular(English)tangerine(English)ventricle(English)aorta(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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