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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cochlea \Coch"le*a\, n. [L., a snail, or snail shell, Gr. ? a
snail, fr. ? a shellfish with a spiral shell.] (Anat.)
An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is
elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See {Ear}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
cochlea
n : the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the
modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve
impulses by the Organ of Corti
[also: {cochleae} (pl)]