auricle

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart
noun the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

From Latin auricula (“the external ear”), diminutive of auris (“the ear”). Doublet of auricula.

The offices of the auricles and the ventricles are subverted. — The Light Princess, George MacDonald
[235] What Cicero here calls the ventricles of the heart are likewise called auricles, of which there is the right and left. — Cicero's Tusculan Disputations: Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth, Marcus Tullius Cicero
Commencing at the right ear, it swept with a terrific chasm to the left—the short pendants which she wore in either auricle continually bobbing into the aperture. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe

atrial auricle, auricula atrii

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