comb. f. of AURICLE [f. L. auricula], as in auriculo-temporal, -ventricular, etc.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 330/2. The auriculo-ventricular orifice is an oblique slit.
1881. Mivart, Cat, 273. The auriculo-temporal nerve.