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sac
/sæk/
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What does sac mean?
noun
- A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
- (informal) A sacrifice.
verb
- (informal) To sacrifice.
More meanings (9)
noun
- Acronym of senior aircraftman.
- Initialism of saeculum ante Christum (“era before Christ”).
- Alternative form of Sauk.
- (historical) The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines; now used only in the phrase sac and soc or soc and sac.
proper noun
- Abbreviation of Sacramento.
- Acronym of Strategic Air Command.
- Acronym of surface air consumption.
- Alternative form of Sauk.
- (informal) The city of Sacramento, California, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/sæk/
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If I had known it was a cul de sac--however, there isn't any excusing a blunder like that, let it go.
He therefore inserted a needle which unfortunately pierced the synovial sac causing inflammation which finally resulted in complete destruction of the joint.
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By about the sixth week after delivery, the wound which was made by the separation of the fetal sac has completely healed.
He knew that the lungs were covered by thin membrane, and that the heart was surrounded by a sac of very similar tissue.
It was reduced under anesthesia, after two incisions had been made, the adhesions broken up, and the shrunken sac enlarged by stretching.