| saccular | <biology> Having the general form of a sac. Origin: L. Saccus a sack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| saccular aneurysm | A saclike bulging on one side of an artery. Synonym: ampullary aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccular bronchiectasis | Bronchiectasis resulting in dilated bronchi of saccular or irregular shape. See: cystic bronchiectasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccular gland | A single alveolar gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccular nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the vestibular nerve going to the macula of the sacculus. Synonym: nervus saccularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saccular spot | The oval neuroepithelial sensory receptor in the anterior wall of the saccule; hair cells of the neuroepithelium support the statoconial membrane and have terminal arborizations of vestibular nerve fibres around their bodies. Synonym: macula sacculi, saccular spot. (05 Mar 2000) |