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receptaculum
A receptacle. SYN: reservoir. [L. fr. re-cipio, pp. -ceptus, to receive, fr. capio, to take]
- r. chyli SYN: cisterna chyli.
- r. ganglii petrosi SYN: petrosal fossula.
- r. pecqueti SYN: cisterna chyli.

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n.
the dilated portion of a tubular anatomical part. The receptaculum (or cisterna) chyli is the dilated end of the thoracic duct, into which lymph vessels from the lower limbs and intestines drain.

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re·cep·tac·u·lum (re″səp-takґu-ləm) pl. receptacґula [L., from recipere to receive] a receptacle or container; that which serves for receiving or containing something.

Medical dictionary. 2011.