internal ear

1. 1.

   a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium

   Synonymsinner earlabyrinth

   Broadersense organ

   Part ofauditory apparatus

   Partsneuroepitheliummembranous labyrinthbony labyrinthendolymphperilymphsemicircular canal

Questions about internal ear

What does internal ear mean?

internal ear means "a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium".

What is another word for internal ear?

Close synonyms include inner ear, labyrinth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is internal ear a common word?

internal ear is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.