Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
antihelix .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) Same as
antihelix .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A
curved prominence ofcartilage on thepinna ,parallel with and in front of thehelix .
Etymologies
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anti- + helix
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Examples
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I already got DNA from the earprints, " he reminds everybody, -which I managed to swab nondestructively by avoiding what might be considered individual variations or potentially characteristic features such as the inferior extension of the anthelix.
Predator Cornwell, Patricia 2005
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