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ampulla

N ภาชนะ ใส่ น้ำมัน เพื่อ ทำ พิธีกรรม  pha-cha-na-sai-nam-man-phuea-tham-pi-ti-kam

 

ampullaceous

A ที่ เป็น รูป ขวด  ampullar ampullary ti-pen-roob-kuad

 

ampullary

A ที่ เป็น รูป ขวด  ampullaceous ampullar ti-pen-roob-kuad

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMPULLA

Am *pul "la, n.; pl. Ampullæ. Etym: [L. ]

 

1. (Rom. Antiq.)

 

Defn: A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.

 

2. (Eccl.) (a ) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass. (b ) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. Shipley.

 

3. (Biol.)

 

Defn: Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.

 

AMPULLACEOUS

Am `pul *la "ceous, a. Etym: [L. ampullaceus, fr. ampulla. ]

 

Defn: Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling. Kirby. Ampullaceous sac (Zoöl.), one of the peculiar cavities in the tissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells.

 

AMPULLAR; AMPULLARY

AMPULLAR; AMPULLARY Am "pul *lar, Am `pul *la *ry, a.

 

Defn: Resembling an ampulla.

 

AMPULLATE; AMPULLATED

AMPULLATE; AMPULLATED Am "pul *late, Am "pul *la `ted a.

 

Defn: Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ampulla

am pul la |amˈpo͝olə, -ˈpələ æmˈpjʊlə | ▶noun ( pl. ampullae |-lē | ) a roughly spherical flask with two handles, used in ancient Rome. • a flask for sacred uses such as holding holy oil. • Anatomy & Zoology a cavity, or the dilated end of a duct, shaped like a Roman ampulla. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, diminutive of ampora, variant of amphora (see amphora ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

ampulla

ampulla |amˈpʊlə | ▶noun ( pl. ampullae |-liː | ) 1 a roughly spherical Roman flask with two handles. • a flask for sacred uses such as holding the oil for anointing the sovereign at a coronation. 2 Anatomy & Zoology a cavity, or the dilated end of a vessel, shaped like a Roman ampulla. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, diminutive of ampora, variant of amphora (see amphora ).