Plural of auricle; multiple outer ear structures or heart chambers.
From Latin 'auricula' (little ear) in its plural form 'auriculae,' preserved in English medical terminology for anatomical references.
Both your ears and your heart have 'auricles'—it's one of those wonderful linguistic coincidences where the same Latin diminutive got applied to completely different body parts!
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