n.
Pronunciation: sis- ' t ə r-n ə
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -nae \ - ˌ n ē \
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, reservoir
Date: circa 1860
: CISTERN 3 : as a : one of the large spaces under the arachnoid membrane b : one of the flattened vesicles comprising the Golgi apparatus and the part of the endoplasmic reticulum studded with ribosomes
– cis · ter · nal \ -n ə l \ adjective