- ampulla of Thoma
- one of the small terminal expansions of an interlobar artery in the pulp of the spleen.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
ampulla of Thoma
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Thoma ampulla fluid — Tho·ma ampulla, fluid (toґmah) [Richard Thoma, German histologist, 1847–1923] see under ampulla and fluid … Medical dictionary
ampulla — A saccular dilation of a canal or duct. [L. a two handled bottle] biliaropancreatic a. hepatopancreatic a.. a. biliaropancreatica hepatopancreatic a.. bony ampullae of semicircular canals [TA] a circumscribed dilation of one extremity of each of… … Medical dictionary
Thoma — Richard, German histologist, 1847–1923. See T. ampulla, T. fixative, T. laws, under law … Medical dictionary
