cochlea

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒk.li.ə/    美 /ˈkoʊ.kli.ə/|/ˈkɑ.kli.ə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
  2. A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.

词形变化

cochleae plural cochleas plural

词汇关系

衍生词
cochlear cochleitis

词源

Borrowed from Latin cochlea (“a snail”), from Ancient Greek κόχλιας (kókhlias, “a snail with a spiral shell”).
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