Ampulla

/æmˈpʊlə/ noun

A small rounded flask or vessel; in anatomy, a dilated part of a tube or duct in the body, especially found in the inner ear or reproductive organs.

From Latin ampulla (a small bottle or flask, diminutive of amphora). The Romans used this word for small containers; modern anatomy borrowed it for body structures.

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