Sac (s k, sôk) |
SACabbr. Strategic Air Command |
sac (s k)n. A pouch or pouchlike structure in a plant or an animal, sometimes filled with fluid.
[French, bag, from Old French, from Latin saccus; see sack1.] |
sac Noun a pouch or pouchlike part in an animal or plant [Latin saccus]
sac (s k) A pouch or pouch-shaped structure in an animal or plant, often containing liquids. The human bladder is a sac. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | sac - an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" | | 2. | sac - a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule | | 3. | Sac - a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green BayAlgonquian, Algonquin - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast | | 4. | sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animalyolk sac - membranous structure enclosing the yolk of eggs in birds, reptiles, marsupials, and some fishes; circulates nutrients to the developing embryo amnion, amnios, amniotic sac - thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) chorion - the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) coelenteron - the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate air sac - any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds air sac - any of the thin-walled extensions of the tracheae of insects saccule, sacculus - a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) bladder, vesica - a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) acinus - one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland bursa - a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints cistern, cisterna - a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid pouch, pocket - (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) vesicle, cyst - a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) air cell, air sac, alveolus - a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways |
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