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Eustachian Tube Pronunciation
Eustachian Tube is pronounced yoo-STAY-kee-uhn-TOOB, IPA /juˈsteɪkiən ˈtjub/.
yoo-STAY-kee-uhn-TOOB
US /juˈsteɪkiən ˈtjub/
Syllables: yoo · STAY · kee · uhn · TOOB (5 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun (phrase): The narrow passage that connects the middle ear to the back of the throat and equalises pressure.
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Eustachian Tube in a Sentence
- Swallowing on descent opens the eustachian tube.
- A blocked eustachian tube makes everything sound muffled.
- The eustachian tube is shorter in small children.
Common Mispronunciations of Eustachian Tube
Not yoo-STA-chee-uhn TOOB
The ch is a k sound here, after the Italian anatomist Eustachi. The middle syllable is STAY, with a long vowel.
Not OY-sta-kee-uhn toob
The eu at the start is yoo. A German-style oy misreads a name that came into English through Latin.
Tip: Five syllables in the first word and one in the second: yoo-STAY-kee-uhn TOOB.
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