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labyrinthine sense

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labyrinthine sense

noun
a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head [syn: equilibrium
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Main Entry: labyrinthine sense
Function: noun
: a complex sense concerned with the perception of bodily position and motion, mediated by end organs in the vestibularapparatus and the semicircular canals, and stimulated by alterations in the pull of gravity and by head movements
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