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ear canal

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ear canal
n.
The narrow, tubelike passage through which sound enters the ear. Also called external auditory canal.
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If you stick a Q-Tip in there and spin it around, the skin past the opening to the ear canal is so delicate, it is easily damaged," he says.
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The ear canal was acutely inflamed and filled with keratinous debris, findings that are consistent with otitis externa.
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For kids and adults, this may lead to swimmer's ear if water lingers in the ear canal.
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