semicircular canal

Other forms: semicircular canals

Definitions of semicircular canal
  1. noun
    one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium
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    type of:
    receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor
    an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
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