Meanings
- not comparablevestibular and acoustic
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They lack sensory organs/neurons derived from the olfactory placode (olfactory epithelium, vomeronasal organ and gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons) and the otic placode (cochlea, vestibule and vestibuloacoustic ganglion), and show reduced neural differentiation in the distal portion of the epibranchial ganglia derived from the epibranchial placodes [5 –10 ].
2015 August 28, “Activation of Six1 Expression in Vertebrate Sensory Neurons”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Englishvestibulo-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
- Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
- Medieval Latinacousticus
- Englishacoustic
- Englishvestibuloacoustic
From vestibulo- + acoustic.
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vestibuloacoustic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vestibuloacoustic
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