labyrinth

lab·y·rinth  (lb-rnth)

n.

1.

a. An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze.

b. Labyrinth Greek Mythology The maze in which the Minotaur was confined.

2. Something highly intricate or convoluted in character, composition, or construction: a labyrinth of rules and regulations.

3. Anatomy

a. A group of complex interconnecting anatomical cavities.

b. See inner ear.

---

[Middle English laberinthe, from Latin labyrinthus, from Greek laburinthos; possibly akin to labrus, double-headed axe, of Lydian origin.]

---

labyrinth [lab-er-inth]

Noun

1. a mazelike network of tunnels or paths, either natural or man-made

2. any complex or confusing system

3. the interconnecting cavities of the internal ear [Greek laburinthos]

labyrinthine adj

---

labyrinth  (lb-rnth)

The system of interconnecting canals and spaces that make up the inner ear of many vertebrates. The labyrinth has both a bony component, made up of the cochlea, the semicircular canals, and the vestibule, and a membranous one.

---

Labyrinth an intricate, complicated, or tortuous arrangement.

Examples: labyrinth of islands, 1778; of peristyles and pediments, 1873; of rivulets and canals, 1777; of scattered suburbs, 1843; of small veins and arteries, 1615.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	labyrinth - complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost maze system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
	2.	labyrinth - a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium inner ear, internal ear neuroepithelium - epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation auditory apparatus - all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears membranous labyrinth - the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth bony labyrinth, osseous labyrinth - cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth endolymph - the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear perilymph - the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear semicircular canal - one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium cochlea - the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti artery of the labyrinth, internal auditory artery, labyrinthine artery - an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth internal auditory vein, labyrinthine vein - veins that drain the inner ear

---

labyrinth

noun maze, jungle, tangle, coil, snarl, entanglement

Translations

labyrinth [ˈlæbɪrɪnθ] n → laberinto

---

labyrinth [ˈlæbɪrɪnθ] n → labyrinthe m, dédale m

---

labyrinth [ˈlæbɪrɪnθ] n → Labyrinth nt

---

labyrinth [ˈlæbɪrɪnθ] n → labirinto