tra·gus

(trā′gəs)

n. pl. tra·gi (-gī, -jī)

1. The projection of skin-covered cartilage in front of the meatus of the external ear.

2. Any of the hairs growing at the entrance to the meatus of the external ear.

[New Latin, from Greek tragos, goat, hairy part of the ear; see tragic.]

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tragus

(ˈtreɪɡəs)

n, pl -gi (-dʒaɪ)

1. (Anatomy) the cartilaginous fleshy projection that partially covers the entrance to the external ear

2. (Anatomy) any of the hairs that grow just inside this entrance

[C17: from Late Latin, from Greek tragos hairy projection of the ear, literally: goat]

ˈtragal adj

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tra•gus

(ˈtreɪ gəs)

n., pl. -gi (-jī).

a small projection of cartilage at the front of the ear.

[1685–95; < Late Latin < Greek trágos hairy part of ear, literally, he-goat]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

tragus - a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear

auricle, pinna, ear - the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

cartilaginous structure - body structure given shape by cartilage

Translations

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tra·gus

n. trago, protuberancia triangular en la parte externa del oído.

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tragus

n trago

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(3-5) A recently published multisite trial demonstrates significant differences in CPP values based on measurement technique, specifically using either phlebostatic axis (PA) or tragus (Tg) as anatomical reference locations for arterial transducers when calculating CPP.

The Impact of Head-of-Bed Positioning and Transducer Location on Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Measurement

The tragus is found in which part of the human body?

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A 24-year-old woman came to us for painful swelling with purulent discharge of the left tragus for 2 weeks.

An embedded earring backing in the tragus

The goals of tragus reconstruction in the past were only to create a pretragal depression and good tragus projection, hide the external meatus, and leave an inconspicuous scar [5].

Functional and Aesthetic Tragal Reconstruction in the Age of Mobile Electronic Devices

The lateral canthus, posterior end of the tragus and commissure were marked as reference points with 3 pins with colored heads and the center of each ligament over the skin were also marked with 3 pins.

True Retaining Ligaments of Face as Surgical Landmarks/Los Verdaderos Ligamentos de Retencion de la Cara como Marcadores Quirurgicos

It owns a number of chains that you may have visited, including: Harvester Toby Carvery All Bar One Browns Restaurants Miller and Carter Vintage Inns Nicholson's Sizzling Pubs O'Neill's Crown Carveries Ember Inns Gondola |Gondola operates more than 600 restaurants including: ASK Italian Kettners Zizzi Tragus Group |Based in London with more than 295 restaurants in its chain, the Tragus Group turns over PS277 million a year.

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The first branch in the UAE is the result of a partnership between Tragus Group and Diamond Lifestyle Limited, the hospitality company managed by Al Masah Capital.

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29 September 2014 - UK private equity group Sun Capital Partners Inc said it had agreed to acquire local Italian cuisine restaurant chain Strada for GBP37m (USD60m/EUR47m) from current owner Tragus Group Ltd.

Sun Capital to buy Strada restaurant chain

Tragus Group, which was bought by a consortium led by private equity rm Apollo Capital Management from rival Blackstone earlier this year, is understood to have put the 56store Italian restaurant chain Strada on the block with a PS40m asking price.

Tragus unveils Strada sale plan

Table 1: Showing the various distances measured STANDARD MEAN DEVIATION RANGE (CM) (CM) (CM) Tragus to lateral canthus CT-LC 7.87 0.42 7.2-8.4 Midpoint MP 3.94 0.21 3.6-4.2 Tragus to temporal CT-T 2.16 0.49 1.3-3.1 Midpoint to zygomatic MP-Z 1.3 1.02 0.2-3.9 Midpoint to upper buccal MP-UB 2.9 0.63 2.1-4.1 Midpoint to lower buccal MP-LB 4.73 1.15 2.6-7.2 Midpoint to marginal mandibular MP-MM 7.36 0.85 6.4-9.1 Midpoint to cervical MP-C 8.53 0.9 7.3-10.1 Table 2: Showing the frequency of branches of facial nerve TEMPORAL ZYGOMATIC BUCCAL M.MANDIBULAR CERVICAL T-1 33.32% Z-1 25% B-1 8.32% MM-1 83.3% C-1 91.6% T-2 50% Z-2 17.5% B-2 50% MM-2 17.5% C-2 8.32% T-3 8.32% Z-3 33.32% B-3 25% MM-3 -- C-3 -- T-4 8.32% Z-4 17.5% B-4 17.5% MM-4 -- C-4 -- DISCUSSION:

A morphometrical study of branching pattern and anatomical relationships of the facial nerve on the face

We demarcated the condylar area as the region vertically located between the tragus (Tg) and the lowermost point of the earlobe, horizontally located from 1 to 4 cm anterior to the Tg (Figure 1).

Anatomy of the facial nerve at the condylar area: measurement study and clinical implications

Diamond Lifestyle, part of Al Masah Capital, has taken the UAE franchise for CafEa Rouge, owned by UK's Tragus and which has built up the chain on a French bistro ambience and theme.

French bistro themed cafe makes an UAE call