Otoconium

Origin

A Latinised adaptation (taking the form of , as if from a Latin *ōtoconium) of the French otoconie (whence otocony, otokony), itself formed from the Ancient Greek roots οὖς, ὠτ- (ous, ōt-, "ot-”, “ear") + κονία (konia, "dust").

Full definition of otoconium

Noun

1. (anatomy) An otolith or statolith.