Medical term:
otocyst
otocyst
[o´to-sist]1. the auditory vesicle of the embryo.
2. the organ of hearing in certain animals.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
o·to·cyst
(ō'tō-sist),1. Embryonic otic vesicle.
2. A balancing organ, analogous to the utricle of mammals, possessed by certain invertebrates and containing grains of calcareous material or of sand.
[oto- + G. kystis, a bladder]
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otocyst
(ō′tə-sĭst′)n.
1. The structure formed by invagination of the embryonic ectodermal tissue that develops into the inner ear.
2. A statocyst.
o′to·cys′tic adj.
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otocyst
The precursor, in the MESODERM of the head of the embryo, of the membranous LABYRINTH of the inner ear.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
otocyst
an invertebrate organ, containing fluid and OTOLITHS, that is believed to have an auditory function.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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