middle ear

English

Noun

middle ear (plural middle ears)

(anatomy) The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.

Synonyms

auris media
tympanum

Related terms

Translations

cavity in the ear

Chinese:
Mandarin: 中耳 (zh) (zhōng'ěr)
Czech: střední ucho (cs) n
Danish: mellemøre (da) n
Finnish: välikorva (fi)
French: oreille moyenne (fr) f
German: Mittelohr (de) n
Greek: μέσο ους n (méso ous)
Hungarian: középfül

Icelandic: miðeyra (is) n
Japanese: 中耳 (ちゅうじ, chūji)
Norwegian: ambolt (no) m, mellomøre n (usually said in the definite form: ambolten, mellomøret)
Polish: ucho środkowe (pl) n
Portuguese: ouvido médio (pt) m
Russian: сре́днее у́хо n (srédneje úxo)
Southern Altai: орто кулак (orto kulak)
Spanish: oído medio m
Swedish: mellanöra (sv) n

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