extracapsular

[ ek-struh-kap-suh-ler, -kaps-yoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1880–85; extra- + capsular

The composition and significance of these extracapsular pigments are not completely known.

The rapidity and character of the extracapsular currents are subject to great variations.

Pigment-granules or a peculiar large body of dark extracapsular pigment, the "phodium."

The Calymma, or the thick extracapsular jelly-veil, completely enveloping the whole central capsule.

Extracapsular jelly-envelope very thin, contains small yellow bodies (zooxanthell).

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