sac|cule

sac|cule
sac|cule «SAK yool», noun.
1. a little sac.
2. the smaller of the two membranous sacs in the labyrinth of the internal ear.
[< Latin sacculus (diminutive) < saccus; see etym. under sack1 (Cf.sack)]

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