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Ampullar

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am·pul·la  (m-pl, -pl)
n. pl. am·pul·lae (-pl, -pl)
1. A nearly round bottle with two handles used by the ancient Romans for wine, oil, or perfume.
2. Ecclesiastical A vessel for consecrated wine or holy oil.
3. Anatomy A small dilatation in a canal or duct, especially one in the semicircular canal of the ear.
[Middle English, from Old English, from Latin, diminutive of amphora; see amphora.]
am·pullar adj.
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Adj.1.ampullar - of or related to an ampulla
ampullary
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
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