Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoöl., anat., and botany, a receptacle; a reservoir of fluid; a saccular or vesicular organ to receive and retain a fluid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A receptacle.
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- noun anatomy A
receptacle .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Having been acted upon by the mesenteric glands, and passed through them, the chyle flows onward until it is poured into a dilated reservoir for the chyle, known as the receptaculum chyli.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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Damageto, accercitus sum ut Democritum tanquam insanum curarem, sed postquam conveni, non per Jovem desipientiae negotium, sed rerum omnium receptaculum deprehendi, ejusque ingenium demiratus sum.
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Quare etiam secundum illos, ille mons, cum adhac niuium copia obducitur, & tamen ardeat sordidarum animarum quoque erit receptaculum: id quod
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Quare etiam secundum illos, ille mons, cum adhac niuium copia obducitur, & tamen ardeat sordidarum animarum quoque erit receptaculum: id quod
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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In eadem valle est vicus celeberrimus Bristow nomine, in quo est nauium portus ab Hibernia & Norwegia & c鎡eris transmarinis terris venientium receptaculum, ne scilicet genitalibus diuitijs tam fortunata regio peregrinarum opum frauderetur commercio.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Id profecto necessariò addendum fuit: Hanc scilicet glaciem, voces humanas, secundum Historicos, representatem, & damnatorom receptaculum existentem, non esse, vt reliqua in vastissima hac vniuersitate omnia, ex Elementi alicuius materia conflatam.
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Id profecto necessari� addendum fuit: Hanc scilicet glaciem, voces humanas, secundum Historicos, representatem, & damnatorom receptaculum existentem, non esse, vt reliqua in vastissima hac vniuersitate omnia, ex Elementi alicuius materia conflatam.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Nidificate: to nest: applied when eggs are placed in a prepared receptaculum.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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R. C, receptacle of the chyle (receptaculum chyli);
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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The cisterna chyli (receptaculum chyli) (Fig. 600) receives the two lumbar lymphatic trunks, right and left, and the intestinal lymphatic trunk.
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