vestibular apparatus

1. 1.

   organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium

   Synonymsvestibular system

   Broadersensory system

   Partsearsemicircular canal

Questions about vestibular apparatus

What does vestibular apparatus mean?

vestibular apparatus means "organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium".

What is another word for vestibular apparatus?

Close synonyms include vestibular system. 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 vestibular apparatus a common word?

vestibular apparatus 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.