extracochlear

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English

Etymology

From extra- +‎ cochlear.

Pronunciation

Adjective

extracochlear (not comparable)

  1. Outside the cochlea.
    • 2015 July 16, “Central Auditory Processing of Temporal and Spectral-Variance Cues in Cochlear Implant Listeners”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      We used the extracochlear electrode MP1 as the reference electrode and an intracochlear electrode as the recording electrode, the latter offset by two positions from the probe electrode.