otolith

English

Alternative forms

• otolite

Etymology

From oto- +‎ -lith, from Ancient Greek ὠτο- (ōto-), stem of οὖς (oûs, “ear”), and λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Noun

otolith (plural otoliths)

1. (zoology) A small particle, comprised mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense.

Synonyms

• otoconium
• otosteon
• statoconium
• statolith

Derived terms

• otolithic
• otolithometry

Translations

small particle in the inner ear

• Basque: otolito
• Belarusian: аталіт m (atalit)
• Catalan: otòlit m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳石 (zh) (ěrshí)

  Min Nan: 耳石 (hīⁿ-chio̍h)

• Czech: otolit m
• Danish: otolit c, øresten c
• Dutch: otoliet m
• Esperanto: otolito
• Estonian: otoliid
• Finnish: tasapainokivi, otoliitti (fi)
• French: otolithe (fr) m
• Galician: otólito (gl) m
• German: Otolith m
• Hungarian: otolit
• Ido: otolito (io)
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• Indonesian: otolit
• Italian: otolite m
• Japanese: 耳石 (じせき, jiseki)
• Kyrgyz: отолит (otolit)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: otolitt m

  Nynorsk: otolitt m

• Polish: otolit m
• Romanian: otolit (ro) n
• Russian: отоли́т (ru) m (otolít)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ото̀лӣт m

  Roman: otòlīt (sh) m

• Spanish: otolito (es) m
• Swedish: otolit (sv) c, öronsten (sv) c
• Ukrainian: отоліт m (otolit)