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Look up: Vestibule

  1. vestibule
    [n] - any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Vestibule
    Vestibule: In medicine and dentistry, a vestibule is a space or cavity at the entrance to a canal, channel, tube, vessel. In ancient Rome, the "vestibulum" was an entrance or enclosed porch leading into the house.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  3. vestibule
    the part of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear Category: Medicine • an unheated chamber through which the charge passes prior to entry into the main furnace heating chamber Category: Iron and steel industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Vestibule
    This is a passage, or hall, or room that is located between the outer door and the inner parts of a building. It acts as a lobby.
    Found on http://www.virtualani.org/glossary/index

  5. Vestibule
    Ves"ti·bule noun [ Latin vestibulum , of uncertain origin: confer French vestibule .] The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall. Vestibule of the ear . (Anat.) See under Ear . -- Vestibule of the vulva (Anat.) , a triangular space between the nymphæ, in which the orifice of …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/20

  6. Vestibule
    Ves"ti·bule transitive verb To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules. Brander Matthews.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/20

  7. vestibule
    The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall. Vestibule of the ear. ... <anatomy> A train of passenger cars having the space between the end doors of adjacent cars inclosed, so as to admit of leaving the doors open to provide for intercommunication between all the cars. ... Synonym: Hall, …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?v

  8. vestibule
    noun any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Vestibule
    `Vestibule` can have the following meanings, each primarily based upon a common origin, from early 17th century French, derived from Latin `vestibulum, -i n.` ‘entrance court.`
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibule

  10. vestibule
    (ves´tĭ-būl) a space or cavity at the entrance to another structure. adj., vestib´ular, adj. .
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  11. Vestibule
    • (v. t.) To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules. • (n.) The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. vestibule
    (from the article `ear, human`) The two membranous sacs of the vestibule, the utricle and the saccule, are known as the otolith organs (Figure 4). Because they respond to ... The other divisions of the inner ear—the vestibule and the semicircular canals—are involved in the sense of equilibrium. Each has an organ containing ......
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/18

  13. vestibule
    (from the article `mouth`) ...opens to the outside at the lips and empties into the throat at the rear; its boundaries are defined by the lips, cheeks, hard and soft palates, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/18

  14. vestibule
    (from the article `respiration, human`) Two regions of the nasal cavity have a different lining. The vestibule, at the entrance of the nose, is lined by skin that bears short thick hairs ... The shape of the nasal cavity is complex. The forward section, within and above each nostril, is called the vestibule. Behind the vestibule and alo...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/18

  15. vestibule
    1. a large entrance or reception room or area
    2. any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina)

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