cochlea

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

κοχλίας

Συνώνυμα

clam

mussel

scallop

screw

shellfish

snail

🐌

escallop

scollop

shell stitch

acoustic labyrinth

Μεταφράσεις

cochlée

Schnecke

🐌

coclea

limaçon

🐌

cóclea

cóclea

còclea

Cochlea

caracol

🐌

Hörschnecke

Kochlea

Ohrschnecke

caracol

🐌

koklea

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈkɒk.li.ə/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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