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MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH

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• MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH (noun)
The noun MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH has 1 sense:

1. the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth

Familiarity information: MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH used as a noun is very rare.

• MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("membranous labyrinth" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part)

Meronyms (parts of "membranous labyrinth"):

utricle; utriculus (a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open)

saccule; sacculus (a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth))

Holonyms ("membranous labyrinth" is a part of...):

inner ear; internal ear; labyrinth (a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium)

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