vestibular

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).

   • […]while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister,[…].
2. 2

   Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).

3. 3

   Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position,…

   Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement.

   • vestibular impulse
   • Ampulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve[…].
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   1. 4

      Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule…

      Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule of the mouth, including the buccal and labial surfaces, and opposite the lingual (or oral) surface.

   2. 5

      A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.

      • Students usually complete high school when they are seventeen years old. If they want to go to college or university, they must pass a difficult test called the vestibular, which takes two or three days to write.

The neighborhood

• antonymnonvestibular
• neighborvestibule
• neighborvestibulum