n. 蜗

[医] (耳)蜗

[ noun ]
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
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Cochlea \Coch"le*a\ (k[o^]k"l[-e]*[.a]), n. [L., a snail, or
snail shell, Gr. kochli`as a snail, fr. ko`chlos a shellfish
with a spiral shell.] (Anat.)
An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is
elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See {Ear}.