Vestibular

Full definition of vestibular

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building.
• 1861, The English cathedral of the nineteenth century. . . while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister.
2. Of or pertaining to a vestibule (body cavity).
• 1859, Sir Erasmus Wilson, William H. Gobrecht, A System of human anatomy, general and specialAmpulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve . . .
3. (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

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