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—endolymphatic /en'doh lim fat"ik/, adj./en"deuh limf'/, n. Anat.the fluid contained within the membranous labyrinth of the ear.[1830-40; ENDO- + LYMPH]
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Endolymph — En do*lymph, n. [Endo + lymph: cf. F. endolymphe.] (Anat.) The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
endolymph — [en′dō limf΄] n. [ ENDO + LYMPH] Anat. the fluid in the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear: cf. PERILYMPH … English World dictionary
Endolymph — Infobox Anatomy Name = Endolymph Latin = endolympha GraySubject = 232 GrayPage = 1051 Caption = Cross section of cochlea. (Endolymph is located in the scala media the light green region at the middle of the diagram.) Caption2 = illustration of… … Wikipedia
endolymph — n. the fluid in the membranous labyrinth of the ear. * * * endolymph, endometrial etc.: see endo … Useful english dictionary
endolymph — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1839 the watery fluid in the membranous labyrinth of the ear • endolymphatic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
endolymph — the watery fluid in the membranous labyrinth of the ear … Dictionary of ichthyology
endolymph — n. [Gr. endon, within; L. lympha, water] (MOLLUSCA: Cephalopoda) The fluid in the inner sac of the statocyst of Octopods and Vampyroteuthis ; in squid and cuttlefish, the only fluid filling the single walled statocyst sac … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
endolymph — noun The fluid inside the labyrinth of the inner ear. Syn: Scarpas fluid … Wiktionary
endolymph — The fluid contained within the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear; e. resembles intracellular fluid in composition (potassium is the main positively charged ion). SYN: endolympha [TA], Scarpa fluid, Scarpa liquor. * * * … Medical dictionary
endolymph — n. fluid contained in the inner ear … English contemporary dictionary
