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1. plural of cochlea n. the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti Source: ecdict

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cochlea around coiled converted impulses inner modiolus nerve organ plural sound tube vibrations

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cochleae cochlear cochleare Cochlearia Cochlearia officinalis cochleariform Cochlearius cochlearius cochleary cochleate cochleated

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