Difference between revisions of "Vestibule"
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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
from early 18th century French, derived from [[Latin]] vestibulum, -i n. "entrance court" or [[Latin]] vestibulum forecourt | from early 18th century French, derived from [[Latin]] vestibulum, -i n. "entrance court" or [[Latin]] vestibulum forecourt | ||
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1 a : a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby | *1 a : a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby | ||
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Etymology
from early 18th century French, derived from Latin vestibulum, -i n. "entrance court" or Latin vestibulum forecourt
- Date: 1726
Definitions
- 1 a : a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby
- b : an enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car
- 2 : any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: as a : the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear or the parts (as the saccule and utricle) of the membranous labyrinth that it contains
- b : the part of the left ventricle below the aortic orifice
- c : the space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra
- d : the part of the mouth cavity outside the teeth and gums
