AMPULLA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: ampullae

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ampulla" is a kind of...):

flask (bottle that has a narrow neck)

Derivation:

ampullar; ampullary (of or related to an ampulla)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ampulla" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Holonyms ("ampulla" is a part of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Derivation:

ampullar; ampullary (of or related to an ampulla)

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Context examples:

A cancer that forms near the ampulla of Vater (an enlargement of the ducts from the liver and pancreas where they join and enter the small intestine).

(Periampullary Adenocarcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

A sensory receptor of the ear located in the membranous ampulla of the semicircular duct.

(Ampullary Crest, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called ampulla of Vater cancer.

(Ampullary cancer, NCI Dictionary)

An aggressive carcinoma arising from the ampulla of Vater.

(Ampulla of Vater Undifferentiated Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare variant of undifferentiated carcinoma that arises from the ampulla of Vater.

(Ampulla of Vater Undifferentiated Carcinoma with Osteoclast-Like Giant Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the ampulla of Vater and the periampullary region.

(Ampulla of Vater Mixed Adenoneuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive, high-grade and poorly differentiated carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation that arises from the ampulla of Vater and the periampullary region.

(Ampulla of Vater Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of ampulla of Vater cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Ampulla of Vater Cancer Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of ampulla of Vater cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Ampulla of Vater Cancer TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of ampulla of Vater cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.