vestibular

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Adjective

vestibular (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building.
   • 1861, Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century, page 158 ↗,

     […] while the outer world was fenced off by the interposed atrium or vestibular cloister, […] .

2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to a vestibule body cavity.
3. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear, the vestibular system, the vestibular nerve, or the vestibular sense (vestibular impulses).
   • 1859, Erasmus Wilson, William H. Gobrecht, A System of human anatomy, general and special,

     Ampulla of the perpendicular semicircular canal, receiving a fasciculus from the superior branch of the vestibular nerve […] .

4. (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

Related terms

• vestibule
• vestibulum

Translations

• German: vestibulär

Translations

• French: vestibulaire
• German: vestibular, vestibulär
• Italian: vestibolare
• Portuguese: vestibular
• Spanish: vestibular

Noun

vestibular (plural vestibulars)

1. A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.
   • 2002, Malika Hollander, Brazil: The People (page 23)

     Students usually complete high school when they are seventeen years old. If they want to go to college or university, they must pass a difficult test called the vestibular, which takes two or three days to write.

Synonyms

• (Brazilian university selection examination) vestibular exam, vestibular examination

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