eustachian

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to the auditory tube that connects the middle ear with the upper throat

   Swallowing helps the Eustachian tube equalize pressure in the middle ear.

Named for the Italian anatomist Bartolomeo Eustachi, whose Latinized name was Eustachius, + -an. The capitalized form remains common in Eustachian tube, though auditory tube is the descriptive anatomical term.

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