Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A saccule.
- noun Synonyms See
sac .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
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- noun obsolete A small
bag ofherbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body. - noun anatomy, biology A small
sac .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The smaller vesicle is called the sacculus, and is connected with a peculiar appendage, with (in man and the higher mammals) a spiral form something like a snail's shell, and therefore called the cochlea (= snail, b).
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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That layer, called a sacculus, is made out of peptidoglycan, a mesh-like structure of carbohydrates (glycans) and amino-acid peptides.
Livescience.com 2008
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This bag, called a sacculus, is made out of peptidoglycan, a mesh-like structure of carbohydrates (glycans) and amino-acid peptides.
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Sacella appears to be a hybrid of sacculus with cella, which is derived from the image of a beehive, a lasting metaphor for storing wisdom away like honey.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Note 22: "A sacculus would be something rather larger than a purse, and was used sometimes to carry books as well as coins — very precious things, useful for nourishing memories."
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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The ear sac, of which the chief divisions are the utriculus and the sacculus, with which the canals communicate, is not shown well in this drawing.
The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior Robert M. Yerkes 1916
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They account for the imperfect equilibrational ability of the animals by pointing out the structural peculiarities of the sacculus, the vestibular ganglia, and the peripheral nerves.
The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior Robert M. Yerkes 1916
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The utriculus and sacculus are in wide-open communication with each other and have almost become one.
The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior Robert M. Yerkes 1916
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Seek especially for and note particularly, the gall bladder, bile duct, and portal vein, pancreatic duct, sacculus rotundus, vermiform appendix, ureters (by pulling urinary bladder forward), genital ducts
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It also constitutes the mass of the vermiform appendix and the wall of the sacculus rotundus; and in the young animal the "thymus gland," ventral to the heart, and less entirely, the
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