vestibular

• I flicked the galvanic grenade at her and ducked She took another kick at me, but spun around and fell with a desperate wail as her vestibular system sensed random tilts and accelerations Now, where the hell was she She was only a few feet away—I could hear her crawling through the underbrush—but no matter which way I turned, huge elephant's-ear leaves were in my way. —  Magazine - Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 112] - Issue 02 - February 2007
• Oddly, though my eyes were telling me we were going down, some subtler clue, maybe from the tiny bit of gravity tickling my vestibular organs, seemed to say I was ascending a very shallow hill. —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2007
• Tooth orientation: M: mesial, D: distal, V: vestibular, and L: lingual. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
• Newer techniques such as vestibular stimulation (introduction of water to the inner ear) have shown promising results in pain relief. —  Brain Blogger
• Pedro has no problem with fluorescent lights (and I assume CFL's) because he is fortunate enough to not have sustained an injury which compromised his vestibular system. —  Tech Beat - BusinessWeek

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