Meaning

2 senses

  1. A small sac, pouch, or cyst.

    a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)

  2. The smaller of the two fluid-filled sacs forming part of the labyrinth of the inner ear (the other being the utricle). It contains a region of hair cells and otoliths which send signals to the brain concerning the orientation of the head.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Latin sacculus (“a little sack or bag”), diminutive of saccus (“a bag, sack”

Borrowed from Latin sacculus (“a little sack or bag”), diminutive of saccus (“a bag, sack”). Doublet of sacculus.

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Forms

plural: saccules

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth):sacculus

Word family

4 related words
Relatedsacutricle
Derivedsaccularsacculiform

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sabresacsackB2sacrament
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