See Also: vestibular ganglion(medicine)
superior part of vestibular ganglion(medicine)
inferior part of vestibular ganglion(medicine)
Vestibular(medicine)
Vestibular(health)
vestibular(dictionary)
vestibular nucleus(medicine)
vestibular nuclei(medicine)
vestibular neuronitis(medicine)
vestibular nerve(medicine)

leitmotiv (iou) and vestibular ganglion (medicine)


leitmotiv (iou)



leitmotiv noun. Also leitmotif. L19.
[German, from leit- leading + Motiv MOTIVE noun.]
Music. A theme associated throughout a work with a particular person, situation, or sentiment. L19.
gen. A recurrent idea or image in a literary work etc. L19.
H. Acton She longed for a place of her own: this was the leitmotiv of her letters. J. Berman Staircase imagery functions as a leitmotif in Eliot's writings.

vestibular ganglion (medicine)


vestibular ganglion


A collection of bipolar nerve cell bodies forming a swelling on the vestibular part of the eighth nerve in the internal acoustic meatus; consists of a superior part and an inferior part connected by a narrow isthmus.

Synonym: ganglion vestibulare, Scarpa's ganglion.