Gehörgang
ear canal
noun ge-HUER-gang Less Common
Origin: from Gehör (hearing) + Gang (passage)
Also means
auditory canal
Usage Note
Gehörgang is the ear canal leading to the eardrum. Earwax that blocks it is Ohrenschmalz. The plural Gehörgänge takes umlaut.
Examples
"Der Arzt leuchtete in den Gehörgang."
Natural Translation
The doctor shone a light into the ear canal.
Literal Translation
The doctor lit into the ear-canal.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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