Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pl. labyrinthi (-thī). The labyrinth of the ear.
- noun [capitalized] In zoology, a genus of helicoid mollusks.
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The Labyrinth or Lateral Mass (labyrinthus ethmoidalis) consists of a number of thin-walled cellular cavities, the ethmoidal cells, arranged in three groups, anterior, middle, and posterior, and interposed between two vertical plates of bone; the lateral plate forms part of the orbit, the medial, part of the corresponding nasal cavity.
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The Osseous Labyrinth (labyrinthus osseus) (Figs. 920, 921).
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth 1918
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The Membranous Labyrinth (labyrinthus membranaceus) (Figs. 924, 925, 926).
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth 1918
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