vestibular

adj, noun — 5 senses

vestibular

adj

UK /vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/ · US /vɛˈstɪb.jəl.ɚ/

Etymology From vestibule or vestibulum + -ar.

1

Relational 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,[…].1861, Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century, page 158:
  • Originally, it was intended that the stock should be vestibular throughout, but when the drawings were submitted to the Prince of Wales, he cut out this feature, saying that a railway journey afforded one of the very few occasions when he was able to enjoy absolute privacy—a feature which the vestibule would tend to abolish.1950 August, “Notes and News: Royal Train at Croydon”, in Railway Magazine, pages 569-570:
2

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Relational Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).

3

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Relational 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[…].1859, William James Erasmus Wilson, William H. Gobrecht, A System of Human Anatomy, General and Special:
4

Dentistry, Medicine, Sciences Relational 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.

Antonyms
nonvestibular
Derived terms
29 termsaudiovestibular, cerebellovestibular, cochleovestibular, distovestibular, extravestibular, intervestibular, lesser vestibular glands, mediovestibular, neurovestibular, nonvestibular, oculovestibular, otovestibular, paravestibular, rectovestibular, vestibular aqueduct, vestibular duct, vestibular fold, vestibular ganglion, vestibular gland, vestibular ligament, vestibular membrane, vestibular nerve, vestibular nucleus, vestibular schwannoma, vestibular sense, vestibular system, vestibular wall, vestibular window, visuovestibular
Related terms
vestibule, vestibulum

vestibular

noun

Etymology From vestibule or vestibulum + -ar.

1

Education Relational 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.2002, Malika Hollander, Brazil: The People, page 23:

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