Definitions for auricle

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auricle au·ri·cle

Spelling: [awr-i-kuh l]

IPA: /ˈɔr ɪ kəl/

Auricle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 208 anagrams from letters in auricle (aceilru).

Definitions for auricle

noun

1. Anatomy. the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna. Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart. (loosely) the atrium.
2. Botany, Zoology. a part like or likened to an ear.

Origin of auricle

First recorded in 1645-55, auricle is from the Latin word auricula the (external) ear, ear lobe. See auri-², Examples for auricle

Its cause is found in the passage of the blood from the auricle into the ventricle.

If there be accompanying œdema of the auricle and surrounding parts.

In animals with cold blood, (as fishes,) the heart is single, having but one auricle and one ventricle.

It contains one auricle and one ventricle only, not two of each as in man.

The fate of the sinus venosus and auricle must now be followed.

The auricle and ventricle on each side are completely separated.

The heart consists of two moieties, or lobes, known as the auricle and ventricle.

The auricle receives the impure blood from all parts of the body.

The extrasystole may have its origin in either the auricle or the ventricle.

Many animals move the auricle in the direction of the sound.