The soft, fleshy lower part of the external ear that hangs down from the head.
Compound of 'ear' (from Proto-Germanic 'ausaz') and 'lobe' (from Greek 'lobos,' meaning pod or roundish shape). Medieval anatomists used 'lobe' for rounded body parts.
Earlobes are one of the few human body parts that keep growing throughout your life—a 90-year-old's earlobes are noticeably longer than a 20-year-old's because cartilage and gravity never stop working.
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