cochlea

名词 cochlea:

1. the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti

1. Cochlea is spiral-shaped part of the inner ear.
   耳蜗是内耳里螺旋状的部分。

coch.le.a

n.（名词）
【复数】 coch.le.ae[-lô-ô., -lô-o.] 也作 coch.le.as
A spiral-shaped cavity of the inner ear that resembles a snail shell and contains nerve endings essential for hearing.
耳蜗：内耳的螺旋形内腔，像蜗壳，有主要用于听的神经末梢

来源：
Latin [snail shell]
拉丁语 [蜗牛壳]
from Greek kokhlias [snail]
源自 希腊语 kokhlias [蜗牛]
from kokhlos [land snail]
源自 kokhlos [陆地蜗牛]

【引伸】
coch.lear
adj.（形容词）