BONY LABYRINTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bony labyrinth mean? 

• BONY LABYRINTH (noun)
  The noun BONY LABYRINTH has 1 sense:

1. cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth

  Familiarity information: BONY LABYRINTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONY LABYRINTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bony labyrinth; osseous labyrinth

Hypernyms ("bony labyrinth" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Holonyms ("bony labyrinth" is a part of...):

inner ear; internal ear; labyrinth (a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium)

 Context examples 

The bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.

(Perilymph, NCI Thesaurus)