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nouna complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
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nouncomplex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
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- daedalus (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
- minos son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld
- ariadne beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; she fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth
- otosclerosis hereditary disorder in which ossification of the labyrinth of the inner ear causes tinnitus and eventual deafness
- labyrinthine resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
- saccule a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
- internal auditory artery an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth
- membranous labyrinth the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth
- daedal (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
- vestibule of the ear the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear