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semicircular canal

any of the three loop-shaped, tubular, fluid-filled structures of the inner ear that serve to maintain balance in the organism

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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