Usually means: External part for collecting sound.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. outer ear: Merriam-Webster
  2. outer ear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. outer ear: Vocabulary.com
  4. outer ear: Wiktionary
  5. outer ear: Dictionary.com
  6. Outer ear: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. outer ear: Rhymezone
  8. outer ear: FreeDictionary.org
  9. outer ear: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. outer ear: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. outer ear: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. outer ear: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Ear, outer, Outer ear: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. outer ear: Medical dictionary
  6. Ear, outer, Outer ear: Drug Medical Dictionary
  7. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (outer ear)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) The outer portion of the ear which includes the auricle/pinna and the ear canal and leads to the eardrum.

Similar:
external ear, auricula, ear canal, auricle, pinna, pavilion, eardrum, earhole, earbone, ear lobe, more...

Opposite:
inner ear, auditory canal, ear canal

Types:
concha, lobe, tragus, antihelix, helix, cymba, more...

Phrases:
outer ear infection, rim of the outer ear, outer part of the ear, more...

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Similar:
external ear, auricula, ear canal, auricle, pinna, pavilion, eardrum, earhole, earbone, ear lobe, more...

Opposite:
inner ear, auditory canal, ear canal

Types:
concha, lobe, tragus, antihelix, helix, cymba, more...

Phrases:
outer ear infection, rim of the outer ear, outer part of the ear, more...



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