Definition of "otoconia" [otoconia]

• Plural form of otoconium. (noun)

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• "The body normally maintains balance via an area in the inner ear that uses sensitive hairs to detect the movement of minuscule stones called otoconia, which shift as your body changes position."
• "When you go inside the inner ear here, you have an area called the otoconia, which see over here."
• "Two small rounded bodies termed otoconia, each consisting of a mass of minute crystalline grains of carbonate of lime, held together in a mesh of gelatinous tissue, are suspended in the endolymph in contact wish the free ends of the hairs projecting from the maculæ."