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Utricle vs Utricular - What's the difference?

utricle | utricular |

As a noun utricle

is (anatomy) one of two otolith organs located in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule).

As an adjective utricular is

of, pertaining to, or having utricles.

utricle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) One of two otolith organs located in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule).
  • (anatomy) The prostatic utricle (a small indentation found in the male prostate).
  • (botany) A dry fruit similar to an achene, found in the beet and dock plants.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "utricle")

    utricular

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or having utricles
  • * 1848 , Samuel Frederick Gray, Gray's Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia