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coch•le•a
Pronunciation: (kok'lē-u, kō'klē-u), [key]—
n.,
—pl. coch•le•aePronunciation: (kok'lē-ē", -lē-ī", kō'klē-ē", -klē-ī"), [key] coch•le•as.
Anat.
a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals. See diag. under
ear. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.