vestibular

See also: vestibulär

English

Etymology

From vestibule or vestibulum +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛˈstɪb.jʊl.ə/
• IPA^(key): /vɛˈstɪb.jəl.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

vestibular (not comparable) (relational)

1. Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building.
   • 1861, Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century‎^[1], page 158:

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

2. (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
3. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement.

   vestibular impulse

   • 1859, William James Erasmus Wilson, William H. Gobrecht, A System of Human Anatomy, General and Special:

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

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.

Antonyms

• nonvestibular

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

• audiovestibular
• cerebellovestibular
• cochleovestibular
• distovestibular
• extravestibular
• intervestibular
• lesser vestibular glands
• mediovestibular
• neurovestibular
• nonvestibular
• oculovestibular
• otovestibular
• paravestibular
• rectovestibular
• vestibular aqueduct
• vestibular fold
• vestibular ganglion
• vestibular ligament
• vestibular membrane
• vestibular nerve
• vestibular nucleus
• vestibular schwannoma
• vestibular sense
• vestibular system
• vestibular wall
• vestibular window
• visuovestibular

 

Related terms

• vestibule
• vestibulum

Translations

building

• Finnish: eteis- (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: vestibulär (de)

anatomy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前庭的 (zh) (qiántíngde)

• Finnish: eteis- (fi), vestibulaarinen
• French: vestibulaire (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: vestibular, vestibulär (de)
• Italian: vestibolare
• Portuguese: vestibular (pt)
• Spanish: vestibular

Noun

vestibular (plural vestibulars)

1. (education) A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.
   • 2002, Malika Hollander, Brazil: The People, page 23:

     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.

   Synonyms: vestibular exam, vestibular examination

References

• “vestibular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “vestibular”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ves.ˌt͡ʃi.bu.ˈlaʁ/

Noun

vestibular m (plural vestibulares)

1. (Brazil) an admittance test for Brazilian universities

Adjective

vestibular m or f (plural vestibulares)

1. (anatomy) vestibular (relating to the vestibule)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French vestibulaire.

Adjective

vestibular m or n (feminine singular vestibulară, masculine plural vestibulari, feminine and neuter plural vestibulare)

1. vestibular

Declension

Declension of vestibular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	vestibular		vestibulară	vestibulari	vestibulare
	definite	vestibularul		vestibulara	vestibularii	vestibularele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	vestibular		vestibulare	vestibulari	vestibulare
	definite	vestibularului		vestibularei	vestibularilor	vestibularelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bestibuˈlaɾ/ [bes.t̪i.β̞uˈlaɾ]

Adjective

vestibular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vestibulares)

1. (anatomy) vestibular

Related terms

• vestíbulo