cochlea

/kok-lee-uh, koh-klee-uh/US // ˈkɒk li ə, ˈkoʊ kli ə //UK // (ˈkɒklɪə) //

耳蜗,蜗牛,蜗牛耳,耵聍

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural coch·le·ae [kok-lee-ee, -lee-ahy, koh-klee-ee, ‐klee-ahy], /ˈkɒk liˌi, -liˌaɪ, ˈkoʊ kliˌi, ‐kliˌaɪ/, coch·le·as.Anatomy.
- : a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals.

Changes in pressure reach your cochlea and skin and become the voices and hugs of loved ones.
The latter is filled with a liquid which conveys the vibrations to a part having a coiled shell-like structure called the Cochlea.
A dull bookworm like me,—cochlea vitam agens, Mr. Squills,—leading the life of a snail!
To destroy the cochlear nerve, the whole of the cochlea should be removed.
At the most, they knew the use of the spoon or cochlea, which they employed in eating eggs.
That part of the ear which receives sound waves is known as the cochlea, or snail shell, because of its shape.