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multilocular

American  
[muhl-ti-lok-yuh-ler] / ˌmʌl tɪˈlɒk yə lər /

adjective

  1. having or consisting of many cells or vesicles.


Other Word Forms

  • pseudomultilocular adjective

Etymology

Origin of multilocular

First recorded in 1805–15; multi- + locular

Example Sentences

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The whole multilocular cystic mass with the accumulated fluids tipped the scales at 132 pounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

Adj. capsular; saccular, sacculated; recipient; ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric; marsupial; siliquose, siliquous.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Rein performed ovariotomy on a girl of six, suffering from a multilocular cyst of the left ovary.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

In fossil genera and Spirula, shell has a multilocular phragmacone with a siphuncle; initial chamber globular and larger than the second chamber.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

A diagnosis was made of multilocular ovarian cyst or edematous myoma of the uterus, and on the morning of December 7, 1890, an operation was performed.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)