PERILYMPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does perilymph mean? 

• PERILYMPH (noun)
  The noun PERILYMPH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PERILYMPH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERILYMPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("perilymph" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

Holonyms ("perilymph" is a part of...):

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