utricle
11utricle — /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).… …
12utricle — u|tri|cle Mot Pla Nom masculí …
13utricle — u·tri·cle || juËtrɪkl n. structure resembling a small sac; membranous sac in the inner ear (Anatomy); bladder like fruit of some plants (Botany) …
14utricle — [ ju:trɪk(ə)l] noun 1》 a small cell, sac, or bladder like protuberance in an animal or plant. 2》 (also utriculus ju: trɪkjʊləs) the larger of the two fluid filled sacs forming part of the labyrinth of the inner ear. Compare with saccule.… …
15utricle — n. Vesicle, cyst, bladder …
16utricle — utri·cle …
17utricle — u•tri•cle [[t]ˈyu trɪ kəl[/t]] n. 1) mcr a small baglike body, as an air filled cavity in a seaweed 2) bot a thin bladderlike pericarp or seed vessel of a plant 3) anat. the larger of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear,… …
18utricle — /ˈjutrɪkəl/ (say yoohtrikuhl) noun 1. a small sac or bag like body, as an air filled cavity in a seaweed. 2. Botany a membranous sheath surrounding the fruit in some members of the Cyperaceae. 3. Anatomy the larger of two sacs in the membranous… …
19utricle — n. small cavity or sac. ♦ utricular, ♦ utriculate, a. ♦ utriculitis, n. inflammation of inner ear …
20utricle — n. a small cell or sac in an animal or plant, esp. one in the inner ear. Derivatives: utricular adj. Etymology: F utricule or L utriculus dimin. of uter leather bag …
