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VESTIBULAR SYSTEM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium

Synonyms:

vestibular apparatus; vestibular system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vestibular system" is a kind of...):

sensory system (the body's system of sense organs)

Meronyms (parts of "vestibular system"):

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)

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