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vestibular en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /vɛˈstɪb.jəl.ɚ/ (General-American)
  • /vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From vestibule or vestibulum + -ar.

Meanings

  1. (relational) Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).
    • 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:
    • […]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:
  2. (relational) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
  3. (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. (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.

Forms

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more vestibular Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most vestibular Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

nonvestibular

Deriveds

intervestibular · audiovestibular · neurovestibular · cochleovestibular · vestibular gland · vestibular wall · vestibular fold · vestibular system · nonvestibular · cerebellovestibular · vestibular nerve · vestibular ligament · otovestibular · visuovestibular · vestibular window · vestibular sense · vestibular ganglion · vestibular duct · paravestibular · distovestibular · vestibular nucleus · vestibular schwannoma · vestibular aqueduct · vestibular membrane · rectovestibular · mediovestibular · lesser vestibular glands · oculovestibular · extravestibular

Relateds

vestibule · vestibulum

Translations (14)

kk вестибулярлық (anatomy) · fr vestibulaire (anatomy) · id vestibular (anatomy) · fi eteis- (building) · de vestibular (anatomy) · de vestibulär (building) · de vestibulär (anatomy) · fi vestibulaarinen (anatomy) · es vestibular (anatomy) · fi eteis- (anatomy) · ru вестибулярный (anatomy) · pt vestibular (anatomy) · cmn 前庭的 (anatomy) · it vestibolare (anatomy)

vestibular en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /vɛˈstɪb.jəl.ɚ/ (General-American)
  • /vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From vestibule or vestibulum + -ar.

Meanings

  1. (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:

Forms

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vestibulars Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

vestibular examination · vestibular exam