- ID: 14014
- DATE: 2008-04-22
- TYPE: WORD
- TITLE: eustachian tube
- DESCRIPTION: n. Anatomy. A slender tube that connects the tympanic cavity with the nasal part of the pharynx and serves to equalize air pressure on either side of the eardrum.
[After Bartolomeo EUSTACHIO.] (© Houghton Mifflin Company) Usage: Ear infections usually make their way to the middle ear through the eustachian tube.



