auditory tube

1. 1.

   either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum

   SynonymsEustachian tube

   Broadersalpinx

   Part ofmiddle ear

Questions about auditory tube

What does auditory tube mean?

auditory tube means "either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum".

What is another word for auditory tube?

Close synonyms include Eustachian tube. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is auditory tube a common word?

auditory tube is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.