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receptaculum

[re″sep-tak´u-lum] (L.)

a receptacle or container.

receptaculum chy´li cisterna chyli.

re·cep·tac·u·lum

, pl.

re·cep·tac·u·la

(rē'sep-tak'yū-lŭm, -lă),

A receptacle.

Synonym(s): reservoir

[L. fr. re-cipio, pp. -ceptus, to receive, fr. capio, to take]

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re·cep·tac·u·lum

, pl. receptacula (rē-sĕp-tak'yū-lŭm, -lă)

A receptacle.
Synonym(s): reservoir.

[L. fr. re-cipio, pp. -ceptus, to receive, fr. capio, to take]

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