vestibular

1. 1.

   relating to the sense of equilibrium

Questions about vestibular

What does vestibular mean?

vestibular means "relating to the sense of equilibrium".

How many syllables are in vestibular?

vestibular has 4 syllables: ves-tib-u-lar. The stress falls on "tib". In IPA it is /ˌvɛˈstɪbjulɚ/.

Is vestibular a common word?

vestibular 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.