cochlea

Meaning of cochlea

noun

The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.

Information about cochlea

It is a name.
The plural form of cochlea is: cochleas.
Languages in which cochlea is used:
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- English

Hyphenation of cochlea

cochlea

It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
cochlea is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of cochlea

Spanish: caracol, cóclea
Portuguese: caracol, cóclea
French: cochlée
Italian: coclea

Words that rhyme with cochlea

epitrochlea, trochlea

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