ampulla
/æmˈpʌlə/
noun
- A small glass bottle, especially one used for holding holy oil or wine.
- She carefully poured the perfume from the ampulla into a smaller bottle.
- Archaeologists found a Roman glass ampulla buried with ancient coins.
- The priest carried a silver ampulla of holy oil to the baptism.
- A dilated or flask-shaped part of a tube or canal in the body, such as in the ear or reproductive system.
- The ampulla of the semicircular canal helps with balance.
- The doctor explained that the ampulla of Vater is where the bile duct meets the small intestine.
- In the female reproductive system, the ampulla is where fertilization often occurs.