PERILYMPH

perilymph

(noun) the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

perilymph (countable and uncountable, plural perilymphs)

An extracellular fluid found in the scala tympani and scala vestibuli of the cochlea.

Source: Wiktionary


Per"i*lymph, n. (Anat.)

Definition: The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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