auricular

/ɔ:'rikjulə/ Cách viết khác : (auriculae) /ə'rikju:li/

Thân thiện

The doctor uses an auricular stethoscope to listen to the patient's heartbeat.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to the ear or the sense of hearing: Pertaining to the organ of hearing or the perception of sound.
   • Relating to an auricle of the heart: Pertaining to the upper chambers of the heart (the atria).
   • Shaped like an ear: Having a form that resembles the external ear.
   • Spoken privately or confidentially: Intended for or perceived by the ear in a private manner.

Usage and Examples

• Relating to the ear:
  • The doctor specializes in auricular acupuncture, which involves points on the outer ear.
  • He had an auricular infection that affected his hearing.
• Relating to the heart:
  • The patient was diagnosed with auricular fibrillation, a type of irregular heartbeat originating in the atria.
• Shaped like an ear:
  • The seashell had a distinctive auricular form.
• Private or heard:
  • In the Catholic tradition, an auricular confession is made privately to a priest.
  • My apprehension of words is auricular; I must hear what I read.

Advanced Usage

• Auricular witness: (Archaic/Legal) A witness who testifies to something they heard, rather than saw.
  • The case relied on the testimony of an auricular witness.
• Auricular appendage: An anatomical term for an ear-shaped structure or projection, such as the atrial appendage of the heart.
  • The surgeon examined the left auricular appendage.

Variants and Related Words

• Auricle (noun):
  • The external part of the ear; the pinna.
  • An atrium of the heart.
• Auricularly (adverb): In an auricular manner; by or through the ear.
  • The message was delivered auricularly.

Synonyms

• Otic: Relating to the ear.
• Auditory: Relating to the sense of hearing.
• Atrial: Relating to an atrium of the heart. (Specific to the cardiac sense)

Related Phrases and Compounds

• Auricular nerve: A nerve supplying the ear.
• Auricular surface: An ear-shaped surface of a bone, such as on the sacrum.
• Auricular therapy: A form of alternative medicine treating the body via points on the ear.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. pertaining to an auricle of the heart
   • auricular fibrillation
2. relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing; I must hear what I read"- George Santayana
   • my apprehension of words is auricular
   • an auricular confession
   • an auricular appendage
3. of or relating to near the ear

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• otic