vestibular system

1. 1.

   organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium

   Synonymsvestibular apparatus

   Broadersensory system

   Partsearsemicircular canal

Questions about vestibular system

What does vestibular system mean?

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

What is another word for vestibular system?

Close synonyms include vestibular apparatus. 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 system a common word?

vestibular system 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.