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auditory canal Word Origin noun Anatomy.
- the narrow passageway from the outer ear to the eardrum.
Origin of auditory canal First recorded in 1895–1900 auditory canal in Medicine auditory canal n.
- Either of two passages of the ear, the internal or the external acoustic meatus. See under acoustic meatus.