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middle ear
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Noun middle ear has 1 sense
- middle ear(n = noun.body) tympanic cavity, tympanum - the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear; Array has parts: bonelet, ossicle, ossiculum, auditory tube, eustachian tube, hammer, malleus, anvil, incus, stapes, stirrup
is a part of auditory apparatus
is a kind of bodily cavity, cavity, cavum
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