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SEMICIRCULAR CANAL

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• SEMICIRCULAR CANAL (noun)
The noun SEMICIRCULAR CANAL has 1 sense:

1. one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium

Familiarity information: SEMICIRCULAR CANAL used as a noun is very rare.

• SEMICIRCULAR CANAL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("semicircular canal" is a kind of...):

receptor; sense organ; sensory receptor (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)

Holonyms ("semicircular canal" is a part of...):

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

vestibular apparatus; vestibular system (organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium)

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(Croatian proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of internal ear
Pronunciation of sense organ
Definition of vestibular system
Pronunciation of labyrinth
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