Usually means: Central axis of cochlear spiral.
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  1. Modiolus, modiolus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. modiolus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. modiolus: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. modiolus: Wiktionary
  7. modiolus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  9. modiolus: Dictionary.com
  10. Modiolus (anatomy), Modiolus (bivalve), Modiolus (cochlea), Modiolus (face), Modiolus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Modiolus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. modiolus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  15. modiolus: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. modiolus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. modiolus: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (anatomy) The central core of the cochlea
▸ noun:  (anatomy) A chiasma of facial muscles held together by fibrous tissue

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centrocoel, endolymph, perilymph, midventricle, mesocoel, inner ear, midlobe, medullary ray, intercentrum, midhead, more...

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spiral canal of modiolus, spiral vein of modiolus, Modiolus modiolus, Modiolus modiolus, more...

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Similar:
centrocoel, endolymph, perilymph, midventricle, mesocoel, inner ear, midlobe, medullary ray, intercentrum, midhead, more...

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spiral canal of modiolus, spiral vein of modiolus, Modiolus modiolus, Modiolus modiolus, more...



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