: a pouch within an animal or plant often containing a fluid
a synovial sac
sacrifice
Sac
3 of 4variant of sauk
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special agent in charge
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Strategic Air Command
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Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
In those tips is a specialized sac, a cnidosac, where the undigested nematocysts are stored.
—Helen Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Otis gets another ultrasound to confirm once more that there are two sacs on screen.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
Holding their wings tightly against their sides, the males make a swishing sound as the stiff breast feathers rub against the wings and the sac heaves up and down.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
Sometimes the body doesn't pass the sac and all of the tissue.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 23 Feb. 2024
The pigment sacs in these cells contain mostly brown, black, red, and yellow pigments.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 6 July 2023
The baby was soon diagnosed with giant omphalocele, a birth defect of the abdominal wall, in which abdominal contents protrude into a thin-walled sac outside of the abdominal cavity, according to the NIH.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
Vacuuming or sweeping can remove spiders, webs, and egg sacs effectively.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
Noun
His genitals would be heavy yet flaccid, fleshy skin sacs reddened with indignation, like the wattles of an angry turkey.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
In those tips is a specialized sac, a cnidosac, where the undigested nematocysts are stored.
—Helen Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Otis gets another ultrasound to confirm once more that there are two sacs on screen.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
Holding their wings tightly against their sides, the males make a swishing sound as the stiff breast feathers rub against the wings and the sac heaves up and down.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
Sometimes the body doesn't pass the sac and all of the tissue.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 23 Feb. 2024
The pigment sacs in these cells contain mostly brown, black, red, and yellow pigments.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 6 July 2023
The baby was soon diagnosed with giant omphalocele, a birth defect of the abdominal wall, in which abdominal contents protrude into a thin-walled sac outside of the abdominal cavity, according to the NIH.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
Vacuuming or sweeping can remove spiders, webs, and egg sacs effectively.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
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Kids Definition
sac
nounˈsak
: a pouch in an animal or plant often containing a fluid
a food-storage sac
saclike
adjective
-ˌlīk
Medical Definition
sac
noun
: a soft-walled anatomical cavity usually having a narrow opening or none at all and often containing a special fluid
a synovial sac
see air sac, amniotic sac, dental sac, lacrimal sac
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