See Also: gaudery(medicine)
gaudery(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
cisterna(dictionary)
cisterna(medicine)
cisterna caryothecae(medicine)
cisterna superioris(medicine)
cisterna pontis(medicine)
cisterna perilymphatica(medicine)
cisterna magna(medicine)

cisterna chyli (medicine) and gaudery (iou)


cisterna chyli (medicine)


cisterna chyli


A dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks open; it occurs inconstantly and when present is located posterior to the aorta on the anterior aspect of the bodies of the first and second lumbar vertebrae.

Synonym: ampulla chyli, chyle cistern, chylocyst, Pecquet's cistern, Pecquet's reservoir, receptaculum chyli, receptaculum pecqueti.


gaudery (iou)



gaudery noun. E16.
[from GAUD noun1 + -ERY.]
Trickery. Only in E16.
Gaudy decoration or show; a piece of finery. L16.
Dryden A plain suit..Is better than to be by tarnished gawdry known.