utriculus

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English

Etymology

Latin utriculus (“a little womb or matrix; a calycle”).

Noun

utriculus (plural utriculi)

  1. (anatomy) A little sac or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “utriculus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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