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Definition: Perilymph |
PerilymphNoun1. The bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | The fluid contained within the space separating the membranous from the osseous labyrinth of the ear. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Perilymph |
| English words defined with "perilymph": Perilymphatic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "perilymph": Cochlear Aqueduct ♦ Scala Tympani ♦ tunnel of Corti. (references) |
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Health | Perilymph fistula--a leakage of inner ear fluid to the middle ear. It can occur after head injury, physical exertion or, rarely, without a known cause. (references) | |
Many experts on Ménière's disease think that a rupture of the membranous labyrinth allows the endolymph to mix with perilymph, another inner ear fluid that occupies the space between the membranous labyrinth and the bony inner ear. This mixing, scientists believe, can cause the symptoms of Ménière's disease. (references) | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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perilymph fistula | 9 |
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| Language | Translations for "perilymph"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | perilymfe. (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | perilymphe, perilymfe. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | périlymphe. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Perilymphe, Perilympha, Liquor Cotunnii. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | perilinfa. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | erilymphpay perilinfa. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "perilymph": perilymphs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-l-m-p-p-r-y" | |
-2 letters: primely. | |
-3 letters: hipper, hirple, limper, lipper, pimple, pimply, prelim, primly, rimple, ripely, ripple, ripply. | |
-4 letters: hempy, hippy, hyper, impel, imply, limey, lippy, lymph, miler, peril, phyle, piper, plier, plyer, prime, primp, reply, rhyme, riley. | |
-5 letters: elhi, elmy, emir, heil, heir, helm, help, hemp, herl, herm, hire, hype, lehr, lier, lime, limp, limy, lipe, lire. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-l-m-p-p-r-y" | |
+1 letter: perilymphs. | |
+3 letters: hyperlipemia, hyperlipemic. | |
+4 letters: amphiprostyle, hyperlipemias. | |
+5 letters: amphiprostyles, hyperlipidemia, lymphographies. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101100 01111001 01101101 01110000 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r i l y m p h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 0069 006C 0079 006D 0070 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507184757891798274 |
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