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What is the noun for saccule?

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sacculation
  1. the quality or state of being sacculated
  2. the process of becoming sacculated
  3. one or several sacs or saclike structures
  4. Examples:
    1. “The distention of the ccum is nearly uniform, the right sacculation being only slightly larger than the left.”
      “Uterine sacculation consists of a transitory pouch or sac-like structure developing from an abnormal forward or backward rotation of the uterine fundus.”
      “In our patient, the sacculation of hyalinized myometrium in the right uterine sidewall encourages us to imagine that unsutured lacerations at the right edge of the myometrial incision gave rise to the small cavity.”
sacculus
  1. (obsolete) A small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body.
  2. (anatomy) A small sac.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Because the sacculus is buried deep within the ear, Todd and his colleagues could not measure its reaction to sound directly.”
      “Ultrasonography is used for the diagnosis and follow-up of the progression of the uterine sacculus until its disappearance.”
      “The neuromasts in the sacculus are apparently oriented oppositely from those in the utriculus.”
sac
  1. (Britain, law, obsolete) The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After a huge gulp of water, she felt her sac expanding as it filled with the refreshing liquid.”
saccule
  1. (anatomy) The smallest chamber of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “With the head erect, the macula in each utricle is oriented horizontally, and in the saccule vertically.”
      “In terrestrial vertebrates, otoconia are found in three inner-ear sensors, the saccule, the utricle, and the lagena.”
      “Subsequently constrictions appear in the vesicle marking off the saccule and utricle.”
sac
  1. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After a huge gulp of water, she felt her sac expanding as it filled with the refreshing liquid.”
sac
  1. (game) A sacrifice.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After a huge gulp of water, she felt her sac expanding as it filled with the refreshing liquid.”
sacculations
  1. plural of sacculation
sacculi
  1. plural of sacculus
saccules
sacs
  1. plural of sac
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  3. Examples:
    1. “When you breathe in through your windpipe, the air moves through your bronchial tubes into your air sacs.”
      “From the lacrimal sacs, tears move down through the nasolacrimal duct and drain into the back of the nose.”
      “The only reason why they are able to stay afloat is their buoyant sacs near their throats.”
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