sacculus

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UK/ˈsak.jʊl.əs/US/ˈsæk.jəl.əs/

noun

A small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body.

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saccule
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Meanings

nounsacculus (plural sacculi)

plural sacculi

  1. obsoleteA 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, section 4, member 1, subsection v
  2. UKanatomyUK form of saccule.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)

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saccule
Broader
sac
Also see
saccule

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinsacculus“a little sack or bag”
  2. Englishsacculus

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sacculus

abaculus
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Cite this entry
APA

sacculus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacculus

MLA

“sacculus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacculus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sacculus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacculus.

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