EUSTACHIAN TUBE


Meaning of EUSTACHIAN TUBE in English

/ juːˈsteɪʃn tjuːb; NAmE / noun

( anatomy ) a narrow tube that joins the throat to the middle ear

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 18th cent.: named after Bartolomeo Eustachio (died 1574), the Italian anatomist who identified and described it.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.