auriculo-

English

Etymology

Formed from auricular +‎ -o-; compare aur-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôrĭʹkyo͝olō, IPA^(key): /ɔːˈɹɪk.jʊl.əʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɹɪk.jəl.oʊ/

Prefix

auriculo-

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the auricle of the heart.
   • 1836, Robert Bentley Todd, editor, The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology‎^[1], 1st edition, volumes 1: A–DEA, page 330, column 2:

     The auriculo-ventricular orifice is an oblique slit[.]

2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the external ear; aural, auricular.
   • 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^[2], 1st edition, John Murray, page 273:

     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.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with auriculo-

Related terms

• aur-

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: auriculo-

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “auriculo-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
• “auriculo-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Spanish

Prefix

auriculo-

1. (anatomy) auriculo-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with auriculo-

Related terms

• aurícula