Definitions of auricle

1. a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart

2. the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

3. The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head.

4. An angular or ear- shaped lobe.

5. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.

6. The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; - so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.

7. The external ear:- pl. the two ear- like cavities of the heart.

8. The outer ear; one of the two smaller cavities of the heart.

9. A chamber of the heart.

10. The external ear; an ear- shaped part; an ear- trumpet.

11. Two muscular cavities of the heart, resembling ears, and placed above the ventricles.

12. The external ear, or that part which is prominent from the head.

13. The outside ear; a venous chamber situated at the base of the heart, resembling the external ear.

14. The external ear; any earlike lobed appendage; the upper or anterior chamber on each side of the heart.