Vestibular

Quick meaning: Vestibular is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).

More Meanings

1. (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement.
3. (education) A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.
4. (dentistry) 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.

Example Sentences

vestibular impulse

[…]while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister,[…].

Ampulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve[…].

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.

Word Forms

• vestibulars

Antonyms for vestibular

Common opposites include nonvestibular.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include neuronitis, foyer, lobby, hall, atrium, entrance.

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