Hypertext Webster Gateway: "modiolus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Modiolus \Mo*di"o*lus\, n.; pl. {Modioli}. [L., a small
measure.] (Anat.)
The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
modiolus
n : the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea
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