Akademik

vestibulum

SYN: vestibule. [L. antechamber, entrance court]

- v. aortae [TA] SYN: aortic vestibule.

- v. bursae omentalis [TA] SYN: vestibule of omental bursa.

- v. laryngis [TA] SYN: vestibule of larynx.

- v. nasi [TA] SYN: nasal vestibule.

- v. oris [TA] SYN: oral vestibule.

- v. pudendi SYN: vestibule of vagina.

- v. vaginae [TA] SYN: vestibule of vagina.

* * *

ves·tib·u·lum ve-'stib-yə-ləm n, pl -la -lə VESTIBULE

* * *

ves·ti·bu·lum (vəs-tibґu-ləm) pl. vestiґbula [L.] 1. vestibule: anatomic nomenclature for a space or cavity at the entrance to a canal. 2. a depression, invagination, chamber, or cavity in the body of an organism that gives access to another such space, e.g., as the preoral chamber of certain ciliate protozoa.

Medical dictionary. 2011.