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scala tympani (medicine)


scala tympani


The lower tube of the cochlea, extending from the round window to the helicotrema and containing perilymph.


refrain (medicine)


refrain


The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition. "We hear the wild refrain." (Whittier)

Origin: F. Refrain, fr. OF. Refraindre; cf. Pr. Refranhs a refrain, refranher to repeat. See Refract,Refrain.

Source: Websters Dictionary