otoconium
/ˌəʊtə(ʊ)ˈkəʊnɪəm/Anatomy
noun
A small calcareous particle in the inner ear of a vertebrate or the otocyst of an invertebrate; an (individual) otolith or statolith.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Todd's Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. From French otoconie otocony, after Latin nouns in -um.
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