organ of hearing

1. 1.

   the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound

   Broadersense organ

   Narrowerorgan of Corti

   Part ofear

Questions about organ of hearing

What does organ of hearing mean?

organ of hearing means "the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound".

Is organ of hearing a common word?

organ of hearing 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.