tragus
IPA: trʌgʌs
noun
- (anatomy) The small piece of thick cartilage on the inner side of the external ear that is immediately in front of and partly closing the ear canal.
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Examples of "tragus" in Sentences
- Tragus is knob like, either on cheek or lobe.
- The tragus is differently shaped in other species.
- The tragus now sometimes assumes its natural form.
- One of the most common graft sites is from the tragus.
- Ears are small and black with a short, rounded tragus.
- It is separated from the tragus by the intertragic notch.
- The ears are short and rounded with a mushroom shaped tragus.
- It is part of a bigger restaurant network owned by Tragus Ltd.
- Relative position of porion and tragus in orthodontic patients.
- The tragus a projection in the outer ear is thick and blunt tipped.