ampulla

1. 1.

   the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear

   Broaderbody part

   Part ofduct
2. 2.

   a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils

   Broaderflask

Other forms of ampulla

plural

ampullae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ampulla

What does ampulla mean?

ampulla means "the dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ampulla?

ampulla has 3 syllables: am-pul-la. The stress falls on "am".

Is ampulla a common word?

ampulla is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.