Definitions for antihelix

antihelix an·ti·he·lix

Spelling: [an-tee-hee-liks, an-tahy-]
IPA: /ˌæn tiˈhi lɪks, ˌæn taɪ-/

Antihelix is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 288 anagrams from letters in antihelix (aehiilntx).

Definitions for antihelix

noun

  1. the inward curving ridge of the auricle of the ear.

Origin of antihelix

1715-25; anti- + helix; replacing anthelix Greek, equivalent to ant- ant- + hélix helix

Examples for antihelix

Between the helix and the antihelix is the fossa of the helix.

The antihelix may be so developed as to rise in front of the helix—Wildermuth's ear.

On the cranial surface of the pinna elevations correspond to the concha and to the fossae 792 of the helix and antihelix.

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