Word Meanings - SACCULO-UTRICULAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to the sacculus and utriculus of the ear.

Related words: (words related to SACCULO-UTRICULAR)

• UTRICULUS
  A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• SACCULUS
  A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach