saccule

saccule
(sa-ku-l') s. m.
Terme d'anatomie. Une des deux vésicules du vestibule membraneux de l'oreille moyenne, logée dans la fossette ronde vestibulaire. Le saccule communique avec l'autre vésicule et est tapissé d'otoconie.
   Lat. sacculus, petit sac.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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