extracapsular

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

/ ˌɛk strəˈkæp sə lər, -ˈkæps yʊ- /

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adjective

outside a capsule or capsular thing.

Nearby words

extra-special, extra-virgin, extrabold, extrabudgetary, extracanonical, extracapsular, extracapsular ankylosis, extracapsular ligament, extracellular, extracellular , extracellular enzyme

Origin of extracapsular

First recorded in 1880–85; extra- + capsular

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Examples from the Web for extracapsular

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
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
The extracapsular calymma is an alveolated sphere, the diameter of which is six to eight times that of the capsule.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel
Extracapsular body very voluminous, foamy, with innumerable alveoles in the jelly, and many xanthell between them.
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 thin, yellowish, with very numerous and small xanthell.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)|Ernst Haeckel

Medicine definitions for extracapsular

extracapsular

[ ĕk′strə-kăp′sə-lər ]

adj.

Outside of a capsule.

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