名詞 cochlea:

1. the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti

1. Cochlea is spiral-shaped part of the inner ear.
   耳蝸是內耳里螺旋狀的部分。

coch.le.a

n.（名詞）
【復數(shù)】 coch.le.ae[-lô-ô., -lô-o.] 也作 coch.le.as
A spiral-shaped cavity of the inner ear that resembles a snail shell and contains nerve endings essential for hearing.
耳蝸：內耳的螺旋形內腔，像蝸殼，有主要用于聽的神經(jīng)末梢

來源：
Latin [snail shell]
拉丁語 [蝸牛殼]
from Greek kokhlias [snail]
源自 希臘語 kokhlias [蝸牛]
from kokhlos [land snail]
源自 kokhlos [陸地蝸牛]

【引伸】
coch.lear
adj.（形容詞）