ALL meanings of membranous labyrinth
mem·bra·nous lab·y·rinth
M m - noun membranous labyrinth an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web. 1
- noun membranous labyrinth a maze of paths bordered by high hedges, as in a park or garden, for the amusement of those who search for a way out. 1
- noun membranous labyrinth a complicated or tortuous arrangement, as of streets or buildings. Synonyms: warren, maze, jungle, snarl, tangle, knot. 1
- noun membranous labyrinth any confusingly intricate state of things or events; a bewildering complex: His papers were lost in an hellish bureaucratic labyrinth. After the death of her daughter, she wandered in a labyrinth of sorrow for what seemed like a decade. Synonyms: wilderness, jungle, forest; morass. 1
- noun membranous labyrinth (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a vast maze built in Crete by Daedalus, at the command of King Minos, to house the Minotaur. 1
- noun membranous labyrinth Anatomy. the internal ear, consisting of a bony portion (bony labyrinth) and a membranous portion (membranous labyrinth) the aggregate of air chambers in the ethmoid bone, between the eye and the upper part of the nose. 1
- noun membranous labyrinth a mazelike pattern inlaid in the pavement of a church. 1
- noun membranous labyrinth Also called acoustic labyrinth, acoustical labyrinth. Audio. a loudspeaker enclosure with air chambers at the rear for absorbing sound waves radiating in one direction so as to prevent their interference with waves radiated in another direction. 1
- noun membranous labyrinth the soft tissue structure conforming to the bony labyrinth of the inner ear 0