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sacculus

UK/ˈsak.jʊl.əs/US/ˈsæk.jəl.əs/

sacculus noun: a small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body. Also the UK form of saccule.

Noun

sacculus (plural sacculi)

  1. (obsolete) A small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body.
    • Sacculi, or little bags of herbs, flowers, seeds, roots, and the like, applied to the head […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

Also used as

sacculus is also the UK form of saccule.

Forms of sacculus

pluralsacculi

Origin of sacculus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sacculus (“a little sack or bag”), diminutive of saccus (“a sack, bag, purse”). Doublet of saccule.

Words that rhyme with sacculus

Questions about sacculus

What does sacculus mean?
Sacculus means a small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body.
What part of speech is sacculus?
Sacculus is a noun.
How do you pronounce sacculus?
Sacculus is pronounced /ˈsak.jʊl.əs/ (UK).
What is the plural of sacculus?
The plural of sacculus is sacculi.

Words near sacculus in the dictionary

  1. sacculo-
  2. sacculoampullar
  3. sacculocochlear
  4. sacculolagenar
  5. sacculoutricular
  6. sacculus
  7. saccus
  8. SACD
  9. SACDs
  10. sacella
  11. sacellum

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