vestibule (redirected from ear vestibule)

ves·ti·bule  (vst-byl)

n.

1. A small entrance hall or passage between the outer door and the interior of a house or building.

2. An enclosed area at the end of a passenger car on a railroad train.

3. Anatomy A cavity, chamber, or channel that leads to or is an entrance to another cavity: the vestibule to the ear.

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[Latin vestibulum.]

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vestibule

Noun

a small entrance hall [Latin vestibulum]

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vestibule  (vst-byl)

An oval cavity in the inner ear that together with the semicircular canals makes up the organ that maintains equilibrium in vertebrates.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vestibule - a large entrance or reception room or area antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, hall building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" narthex - a vestibule leading to the nave of a church room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
	2.	vestibule - any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body vestibule of the ear - the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear vestibule of the vagina - the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra

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vestibule

noun hall, lobby, foyer, porch, entrance hall, portico, anteroom

Translations

vestibule [ˈvɛstɪbjuːl] n → vestíbulo

vestibule [ˈvɛstɪbjuːl] n → vestibule m

vestibule [ˈvɛstɪbjuːl] n → Vorhalle f

vestibule [ˈvɛstɪbjuːl] n → vestibolo