Medical Dictionary

helicotrema

noun hel·i·co·trema \ˌhel-ə-kō-ˈtrē-mə\

Medical Definition of HELICOTREMA

:  the minute opening by which the scala tympani and scala vestibuli communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear

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