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A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.
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Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building.
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Of or pertaining to a vestibule (body cavity).
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Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear, the vestibular system, the vestibular nerve, or the vestibular sense (vestibular impulses).
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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.
Examples of vestibular in a Sentence
In this document we will refer to an enlarged vestibular aqueduct.
Cutting the balance nerve in an operation called vestibular neurectomy.
With certain of these it stands associated most closely, namely, with the vestibular, representing the sense organs which furnish data for appreciation of positions and movements of the head, and with the channels, conveying centripetal impressions from the apparatus of skeletal movement.
The inner ear, which contains the cochlea - the hearing organ - and the vestibular organs - the organs of balance.
Tumor type distribution was 33 vestibular schwannomas, 5 meningiomas, and 1 cavernous hemangioma.
The inner ear, also called the vestibular system, contains fluid that helps fine tune the information the brain receives from the eyes and the body.
Vertigo is often associated with inner ear problems called vestibular disorders.
A particularly intense vestibular disorder, Meniere's disease, interferes with the volume of fluid in the inner ear.
If a vestibular disorder is suspected, a technique called electronystagmography (ENG) may be used.
Other causes of dizziness, such as mild vestibular system damage, may resolve without medical treatment.
Vestibular system-The brain and parts of the inner ear that work together to detect movement and position.
Audiometric techniques are also used when an individual has vertigo or dizziness, since many hearing and vestibular or balance problems are related.
Researchers at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California, reported in 2003 that 70 percent of research subjects with severe motion sickness had abnormalities of the vestibular system.
While all of the body's sensory organs contribute to motion sickness, excess stimulation to the vestibular system within the inner ear (the body's balance center) has been shown to be one of the primary reasons for this condition.
E., et al. "Vestibular Testing Abnormalities in Individuals with Motion Sickness."
Peripheral vestibular nystagmus may be accompanied by vertigo, nausea, and tinnitus, or ringing in the ears.
Vestibular nystagmus can be treated by diazepam or scopolamine.
Orifice concealed at the bottom of a vestibular shaft, surrounded by a solid or vesicular calcareous deposit.