labyrinth

English Thesaurus

1. complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	system,
definition	:	instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity (noun.artifact)

instance hyponym	:	labyrinth of minos,
definition	:	a vast labyrinth built in Crete by Daedalus at the command of Minos in order to contain the Minotaur (noun.artifact)

2. a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium (noun.body)

hypernym	:	receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor,
definition	:	an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation (noun.body)

part holonym	:	neuroepithelium,
definition	:	epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings (noun.body)

part holonym	:	membranous labyrinth,
definition	:	the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth (noun.body)

part holonym	:	bony labyrinth, osseous labyrinth,
definition	:	cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth (noun.body)

part holonym	:	endolymph,
definition	:	the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear (noun.body)

part holonym	:	perilymph,
definition	:	the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear (noun.body)

part holonym	:	semicircular canal,
definition	:	one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium (noun.body)

part holonym	:	cochlea,
definition	:	the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti (noun.body)

part holonym	:	artery of the labyrinth, internal auditory artery, labyrinthine artery,
definition	:	an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth (noun.body)

part holonym	:	internal auditory vein, labyrinthine vein,
definition	:	veins that drain the inner ear (noun.body)

part meronym	:	auditory apparatus,
definition	:	all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears (noun.body)

3. complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	labyrinthian, labyrinthine, mazy,
definition	:	resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity (adj.all)

derivation	:	labyrinthian, labyrinthine, mazy,
definition	:	resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity (adj.all)