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eustachian
/juˈsteɪkiən/
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What does eustachian mean?
adjective
- Alternative letter-case form of Eustachian.
- Of or relating to Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500 or 1514–1574), also known as Eustachius, one of the founders of the science of human anatomy.
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IPA pronunciation
/juˈsteɪkiən/
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The mouth must be kept closed so that there shall be no intrusion of sound through the Eustachian tube.
Tomlinson gives a case in which maggots traversed the Eustachian tube, some being picked out of the nostrils, while others were coughed up.
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In persons in whom from disease or a cold the eustachian tube is permanently or temporarily closed, the sense of hearing is injured; but this may be accounted for by mucus accumulating within the tube, and the consequent exclusion of air.
He described the optic nerves and the Eustachian tubes, made correct observations upon vision, and refuted the common view that the sperma came from the spinal cord.