English

Adjective

vestibular ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building.
   • 1861, A. J. B. 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. Of or pertaining to a vestibule (body cavity).
3. 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

Coordinate terms

• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

• vestibular aqueduct
• vestibular fold
• vestibular ligament
• vestibular membrane
• vestibular nerve
• vestibular schwannoma
• vestibular sense
• vestibular system
• vestibular wall

Related terms

• vestibule
• vestibulum

Translations

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ves.ˌt͡ʃi.bu.ˈlaʁ/

Noun

vestibular m (plural vestibulares)

1. an admittance test for Brazilian universities

Adjective

vestibular m, f ‎(plural vestibulares, comparable)

1. (anatomy) vestibular (relating to the vestibule)