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endolymph

[ en-duh-limf ]

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. the fluid contained within the membranous labyrinth of the ear.


endolymph

/ ˈɛndəʊˌlɪmf; ˌɛndəʊlɪmˈfætɪk /

noun

  1. the fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • endolymphatic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • en·do·lym·phat·ic [en-doh-lim-, fat, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of endolymph1

First recorded in 1830–40; endo- + lymph
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Example Sentences

Their results confirmed David’s suspicions: The warm-blooded animals had less viscous endolymph and smaller and thinner canal shapes.

In the wake of the destruction, potassium ions build up in the inner ear fluid called endolymph, pulling in more liquid by osmosis.

Those canals are filled with a liquid called endolymph.

The whole of the labyrinth is membranous, and contains a fluid, the endolymph; between the membranous wall of the labyrinth and the enclosing bone is a space containing the perilymph.

It is filled with a liquid which at one place is called the perilymph, and at another place the endolymph.

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