modiolus

/moh-dahy-uh-luhs, muh-/US // moʊˈdaɪ ə ləs, mə- //UK // (məʊˈdaɪəʊləs, mə-) //

莫迪拉,莫迪勒,莫迪尔

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n.名词 noun

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plural mo·di·o·li [moh-dahy-uh-lahy, muh-]. /moʊˈdaɪ əˌlaɪ, mə-/. Anatomy.
- : the central, conical axis of the cochlea of the ear.

Name from modiolus, the broad and depressed fruit resembling in shape the Roman measure of that name.
At the extremity of the modiolus, the two passages communicate with each other.
The Latin term for the trephine, modiolus, has the same meaning.
Modiolus, mo-dī′o-lus, n. the central stem round which wind the passages of the cochlea of the internal ear.