ENDOLYMPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endolymph mean? 

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

1. the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOLYMPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

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

 Context examples 

A membranous tube containing endolymph within the cochlea between the scala vestibuli and the scala tympani.

(Cochlear Duct, NCI Thesaurus)