pinna
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(pin′ă )
(pin′ē″)
(pin′ī″)
pl. pinnae [L. pinna, penna feather, wing]
1. The mostly cartilaginous, projected part of the external ear. It directs sound waves into the external acoustic meatus toward the tympanic membrane.
SYN: SEE: auricle (1)
2. A feather, fin, wing, or similar appendage.
pinnal (pin′ăl ), adj.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Pinna." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750808/all/pinna.
Pinna. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750808/all/pinna. Accessed May 25, 2019.
Pinna. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750808/all/pinna
Pinna [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 May 25]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750808/all/pinna.
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