Ampulla
Am·pul·la
Ampulla
n.
pl. Ampullæ
- A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug. (Rom. Antiq.)
- A cruet for the wine and water at Mass. (Eccl.)
- 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. (Biol.)