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What is the noun for utriculoampullar?

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utricle
  1. (anatomy) One of two otolith organs located in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule).
  2. (anatomy) The prostatic utricle (a small indentation found in the male prostate).
  3. (botany) A dry fruit similar to an achene, found in the beet and dock plants.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “With the head erect, the macula in each utricle is oriented horizontally, and in the saccule vertically.”
      “In terrestrial vertebrates, otoconia are found in three inner-ear sensors, the saccule, the utricle, and the lagena.”
      “Sauer consequently provided the name Amaranthus rudis for plants with a circumscissily dehiscent utricle and single, well developed sepal.”
utriculus
  1. (anatomy) A little sac or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The maculae consist of rather shapeless compartments known as the sacculus and utriculus.”
      “The neuromasts in the sacculus are apparently oriented oppositely from those in the utriculus.”
      “The mechanism seems to be that noise energy is transmitted from the stapes footplate into the vestibular part of the labyrinth, especially to the sacculus and the utriculus.”
utriculitis
utriculi
  1. plural of utriculus
utricles
  1. plural of utricle
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The cortical filaments are terminated by small swellings, called utricles, which form the external surface of the thallus.”
      “Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles.”
      “There are few animal models for acne, the main ones being hamster auricles and the utricles of the rhino mouse.”
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