Scala

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  • n. Ladder; sequence.
  • n. Ladder-like structure in the cochlea of a mammal's ear.
  • n. A machine formerly used for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
  • n. A term applied to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In surgery, an instrument for reducing dislocations.
  • n. Pl. scalæ (-lē). In zoology and anatomy, one of three cavities of the cochlea, in man and other mammals winding spirally around the modiolus or columella of the ear, as a spiral staircase winds around the newel: in lower vertebrates much simplified.
  • n. [capitalized] In conchology, an old generic name of wentletraps: same as Scalaria.
  • Word Usage
    "The scala vestibuli reaches to the tip of the cochlea where it connects to another tube called the scala tympani, which also contains perilymph, via a junction celled helicotrema."
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