Scala

·noun A term applied to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.

II. Scala ·noun A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

scala
scāla, ae (acc. to the ancient grammarians, not used in sing.; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, §§ 63 and 68; 10, ...

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scala
Ports and landing-places in the Levant, so named from the old custom of placing a ladder to a boat t...

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