• (n.) An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.
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(o´to-sist″) the auditory vesicle of the embryo. the organ of hearing in certain animals.
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O'to·cyst noun [
Oto- +
cyst .]
(Zoology & Anat.) An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ō′tō-sist Definitions: 1. Embryonic otic vesicle. 2. A balancing organ, analogous to the utricle of mammals, possessed by certain invertebrates and containing grains of calcareous material or of sand.
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otocyst An auditory cyst (closed sac) or vesicle (small anatomically normal sac); one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths (particles of calcium carbonates); also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.
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