auriculo-
prefixUK /ɔːˈɹɪk.jʊl.əʊ/ · US /ɔˈɹɪk.jəl.oʊ/
Etymology Formed from auricular + -o-; compare aur-.
- The auriculo-ventricular orifice is an oblique slit[.]1836, Robert Bentley Todd, editor, The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology, 1st edition, volumes 1: A–DEA, page 330, column 2:
- The first of these, the auriculo-temporal nerve, passes backwards, under the external pterygoid muscle, and then upwards between the mandible and the external meatus, underneath the parotid gland.1881, St. George Jackson Mivart, “IX. The Cat's Nervous System and Organs of Sense”, in The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals, 1st edition, John Murray, page 273:
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