RESERVOIR

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 17

n. Re2z'uBrv-wa3r. From reservare, to keep back. Fr., reservoir. See RECEPTACLE (1st def.). Accidental r's. Of De Candolle, cavities (e. g., in pith) containing secretions but having originally some other function. [B, 1 (o, 35).] Fascicular r's. Fascicles of small, tubular, parallel cells filled with secretions. [B, 1 (a, 35).] R. of Pecquet. See RECEPTACULUM chyli. [s. 390]