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cochlear microphonic

noun

Medical Definition of COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC

:  an electrical potential arising in the cochlea when the mechanical energy of a sound stimulus is transformed to electrical energy as the action potential of the transmitting nerve—called also microphonic

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