What does "auricle" mean?

Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.

What is a synonym for "auricle"?

Common synonyms include: pinna, auricula, anvil, atrial auricle, atrium, auricula atrii.

Pronounced //ˈɔː.ɹɪk.əl//.

//ˈɔː.ɹɪk.əl// noun

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Noun

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Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.
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the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear wordnet
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Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.; The outer ear or pinna.
4
a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart wordnet
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Synonym of atrium.

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Synonym of atrium.; An anterior ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the human heart.

From Latin auricula (“the external ear”), diminutive of auris (“the ear”). Doublet of auricula.

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