utricle
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Utricle — ( pouch ) can refer to: * Utricle (ear) * Prostatic utricle * a fruit type, similar to achene, found in beet and dock … Wikipedia
Utricle — U tri*cle, n. [L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle, dim. of uter, utris, a bag or bottle made of an animal s hide: cf. F. utricule.] [1913 Webster] 1. A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) A … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
utricle — [yoo trik′yə ləs] n. pl. utriculi [yo͞o trik′yəlī΄yo͞o′tri kəl] n. [< Fr or L: Fr utricule < L utriculus, little bag or bottle, dim. of uter, leather bag, wineskin, prob. via Etr < Gr hydria, water bag, jug < hydor, WATER] a small sac … English World dictionary
utricle — SYN: utriculus [TA], sacculus communis. prostatic u. [TA] a minute pouch in the prostate that opens on the summit of the seminal colliculus, the analog of the uterus and vagina in the female, being the remains of the fused caudal ends of the … Medical dictionary
utricle — utriculus; n. 1) the larger of the two membranous sacs within the vestibule of the ear: it forms part of the membranous labyrinth. It is filled with fluid (endolymph) and contains a macula. This responds to gravity and relays information to the… … The new mediacal dictionary
Utricle (ear) — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = utriculus GraySubject = 232 GrayPage = 1051 Caption = illustration of otolith organs showing detail of utricle, otoconia, endolymph, cupula, macula, hair cell filaments, and saccular nerve MapCaption =… … Wikipedia
utricle — noun Etymology: Latin utriculus, diminutive of uter leather bag Date: 1731 any of various small pouches or saccate parts of an animal or plant: as a. the part of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear into which the semicircular canals open b … New Collegiate Dictionary
utricle — utriculus … Dictionary of ichthyology
utricle — n. [L. dim. uter, bag] A small bag or bladder … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
utricle — /yooh tri keuhl/, n. 1. a small sac or baglike body, as an air filled cavity in a seaweed. 2. Bot. a thin bladderlike pericarp or seed vessel. 3. Anat. the larger of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear. Cf. saccule (def. 1).… … Universalium
