Cochlea - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkəʊklɪə|  American pronunciation of the word cochlea
Brit.  |ˈkɒklɪə|  British pronunciation of the word cochlea

noun

- 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

Word forms

noun
singular: cochlea
plural: cochleas or cochleae
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