Antitragus

/æn.tɪˈtrædʒ.əs/ noun

Definition

A small, pointed cartilage projection on the inner ear that points inward opposite to the tragus.

Etymology

From Greek anti- (opposite) + tragos (goat, from the resemblance of the tragus to a goat's beard). Named in anatomical Latin around the 1600s when detailed ear anatomy was being catalogued.

Kelly Says

The tragus and antitragus point toward each other like two little sentinels guarding your ear canal—and if you're considering a piercing, the antitragus is that harder-to-reach cartilage opposite the one most people pierce.

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