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   sac

   /sak/

   noun

   • 1. a hollow, flexible structure resembling a bag or pouch: "a fountain pen with an ink sac"
   • ▪ a cavity enclosed by a membrane within a living organism, containing air, liquid, or solid structures.
   • ▪ the distended membrane surrounding a hernia, cyst, or tumor.

   Word Origin mid 18th century (as a term in biology): from French sac or Latin saccus ‘sack, bag’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. saclike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • S

     1

   • A

     1

   • C

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