vestibularadj.
/vɛˈstɪbjᵿlə/, U.S. /vəˈstɪbjələr/, /vɛˈstɪbjələr/ Of or pertaining to, of the nature of, resembling or serving as, a vestibule:
a. Anatomy. (Cf. vestibule n. 2); spec. of or pertaining to the vestibule of the ear or its function as an organ of equilibrium.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > depression or cavity
capsulary1615
vesiculara1682
capsular1727
follicular1743
alveolar1816
antral1820
celluliferous1822
fossiform1824
impressed1826
sacciform1836
vestibular1836
ventricular1841
vestibulary1843
saccular1861
tubero-cystic1879
scrobicular1888
tubulosaccularc1900
vacuolized1910
cisternal1920
lacunate1957
vesiculating1966
the world > life > the body > sense organ > hearing organ > parts of hearing organ > [adjective] > other cavities
vestibular1836
postauditory1870
vestibulo-auditory1945
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 537/1 The vestibular part of the membraneous labyrinth..is all that is really fundamental in the structure of an organ of hearing.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 23 As in the vestibular cavities of fishes.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) viii. 211 The vestibular nerve tells us that sounds are weak or loud, but gives no impression of tone or melody or harmony.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 580 The vestibular termination of the auditory nerve.
1902 D. J. Cunningham Text-bk. Anat. 482 Its fibres..end in the nucleus of Deiters, the chief vestibular nucleus.
1923 Physiol. Rev. III. 209 (heading) The function of the vestibular apparatus.
1948 A. Brodal Neurol. Anat. vii. 213 The parts of the labyrinth generally assumed to be concerned with vestibular function..are..the saccule and the utricle, and the three semicircular canals.
1956 A. C. Guyton Textbk. Med. Physiol. xlvi. 575/1 Equilibrium is controlled especially by the vestibular apparatus.
1962 V. Grissom in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 80 The doctors call this sensation ‘vestibular nystagmus’, and it is an uncontrollable movement of the eyeballs which occurs when the balance mechanism in your body gets all messed up from the twisting and tumbling.
1983 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. II. xxv. 29/2 Either the cochlear or the vestibular fibres of the eighth nerve may be damaged within the brainstem, although vestibular symptoms are appreciably more common from this cause.
b. In general use.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [adjective] > entrance-hall or vestibule
vestibular1861
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 158 The outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister.
c. Zoology. (See quot. 1887.)
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > [adjective] > relating to a sponge > of parts of sponge > serving as cavity forming approach to another
vestibular1887
1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 416/1 This pseudo~stomosis is due to a folding of the entire sponge, so as to produce secondary canals or cavities, which may be incurrent (vestibular) or excurrent (cloacal).
Derivatives
veˈstibulary adj. rare
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > depression or cavity
capsulary1615
vesiculara1682
capsular1727
follicular1743
alveolar1816
antral1820
celluliferous1822
fossiform1824
impressed1826
sacciform1836
vestibular1836
ventricular1841
vestibulary1843
saccular1861
tubero-cystic1879
scrobicular1888
tubulosaccularc1900
vacuolized1910
cisternal1920
lacunate1957
vesiculating1966
1843 in F. H. Ramadge Curability of Consumption (1850) 37 The..morbid conditions of this vestibulary portion of the respiratory apparatus.
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