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adjective of or relating to near the ear
adjective relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing; - George Santayana
adjective pertaining to an auricle of the heart
originLate Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin auriculāris, from auricula (“the external ear; the ear”) + -āris (“-ar”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to auricle + -ar. Doublet of auricularis.
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