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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The middle division of three divisions of the spiral cavity winding around the modiolus of the cochlea in the inner ear. It is situated between the scala vestibuli and scala tympani, filled with endolymph, and houses the organ of Corti.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin scāla media : Latin scāla, staircase (from its spiral structure ) + Latin media, feminine of medius, middle.]
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