Definitions For Otolith

Noun

OTOLITH (plural OTOLITHs) (zoology) A small particle, comprised mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense.

Synonyms

otoconium otosteon statoconium statolith

Derived terms

otolithic otolithometry

Translations

Basque: otolito Belarusian: аталіт, m Catalan: otòlit, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 耳石, tr=ěrshí : Min Nan: 耳石 (hīⁿ-chio̍h) Czech: otolit, m Danish: otolit, c, øresten, c Dutch: otoliet, m Esperanto: otolito Estonian: otoliid Finnish: tasapainokivi, otoliitti French: otolithe, m Galician: otólito, m German: Otolith, m Hungarian: otolit Ido: otolito Indonesian: otolit Italian: otolite, m Japanese: 耳石 (じせき, jiseki, sc=Jpan) Kyrgyz: отолит Norwegian: : Bokmål: otolitt, m : Nynorsk: otolitt, m Polish: otolit, m Romanian: otolit, n Russian: отоли́т, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: ото̀лӣт, m : Roman: otòlīt, m Spanish: otolito, m Swedish: otolit, c, öronsten, c Ukrainian: отоліт, m

Alternative forms

otolite

Etymology

From {{confix, en, ot, alt1=oto, lith}}, from {{der, en, grc, , ὠτο-}}, stem of οὖς, , ear, and λίθος, , stone.