extracapsular

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

adjective

outside a capsule or capsular thing.

Origin of extracapsular

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First recorded in 1880–85; extra- + capsular

Words Nearby extracapsular

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How to use extracapsular in a sentence

The composition and significance of these extracapsular pigments are not completely known.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) | Ernst Haeckel
The rapidity and character of the extracapsular currents are subject to great variations.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) | Ernst Haeckel
Pigment-granules or a peculiar large body of dark extracapsular pigment, the "phodium."
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) | Ernst Haeckel
The Calymma, or the thick extracapsular jelly-veil, completely enveloping the whole central capsule.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) | Ernst Haeckel
extracapsular jelly-envelope very thin, contains small yellow bodies (zooxanthell).
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) | Ernst Haeckel

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