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endolymph en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɛn.də(ʊ).lɪmf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɛn.dəˌlɪmf/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- English lymph English endolymph From endo- + lymph.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The watery fluid inside the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.

Forms

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endolymphs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

endolymphatic · endolymphic

Synonyms

Scarpa's fluid

Translations (5)

fi sisäkorvan sisäneste (fluid) · fi endolymfa (fluid) · pl śródchłonka (fluid) · id endolimfa (fluid) · id endolimfe (fluid)