Ampulla Definition

ăm-po͝olə, -pŭlə
ampullae
noun
A nearly round bottle with two handles used by the ancient Romans for wine, oil, or perfume.
American Heritage
A nearly round bottle with two handles, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Webster's New World
A vessel for consecrated wine or holy oil.
American Heritage
A sac or dilated part of a tube or canal, as of a milk duct in a mammary gland.
Webster's New World
A small dilatation in a canal or duct, especially one in the semicircular canal of the ear.
American Heritage Medicine

Origin of Ampulla

  • Middle English from Old English from Latin diminutive of amphora amphora

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin ampulla.

    From Wiktionary

Ampulla Sentence Examples

  • The sphincter of Oddi surrounds the ampulla and prevents reflux of duodenal contents into the pancreatic duct.

  • The distribution of these glands is mostly proximal to the ampulla of Vater, with most of them being just distal to the pylorus.

  • It is a silver casket or lady's toilet box, in which were found an ampulla and other small objects, enriched with niello-work.5 From Roman times till the end of the 16th century the art of working in niello seems to have been constantly practised in some part at least of Europe, while in Russia and India it has survived to the present day.

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