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antitragus

[ an-ti-truh-guhs ]

noun

, Anatomy.
, plural an·tit·ra·gi [an-, ti, -tr, uh, -jahy, -gahy].
  1. a process of the external ear.


antitragus

/ ænˈtɪtrəɡəs /

noun

  1. a cartilaginous projection of the external ear opposite the tragus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of antitragus1

1835–45; < New Latin < Greek antítragos. See anti-, tragus
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Word History and Origins

Origin of antitragus1

C19: from New Latin, from Greek antitragos; see anti- , tragus
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Example Sentences

They may have four gold hoops hanging in a single lobe, diamond bars “stacked” along their cartilage, or a skull-shaped stud glimmering from their antitragus.

The size of the ear, the relative proportions to one another of the folds, its contour, the surface and shape of the lobe, the manner the lobe is attached to the cheek, and the inclination of the bottom interior ridge known as the antitragus differ most materially in every individual.

Or, like me, you might have been born without an antitragus.

Within the body of the cartilage arises a forked eminence called antihelix, which terminates in a small and short tongue called antitragus.

The different parts of the first division, or external ear, are described by anatomists under the name of the helix, antihelix, tragus, antitragus, the lobe, cavitas innominata, the scapha, and the concha.

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