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VESTIBULAR APPARATUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium
Synonyms:
vestibular apparatus; vestibular system
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vestibular apparatus" is a kind of...):
sensory system (the body's system of sense organs)
Meronyms (parts of "vestibular apparatus"):
ear (the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium)
semicircular canal (one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium)