multilocular
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The whole multilocular cystic mass with the accumulated fluids tipped the scales at 132 pounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Pucciniæi the distinctive features of the genera are based upon the more or less complex nature of the pseudospores, which are bilocular in Puccinia, trilocular in Triphragmium, multilocular in Phragmidium, &c.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
The epithelial odontoma is derived from persistent portions of the epithelium of the enamel organ, and constitutes a multilocular cystic tumour which is chiefly met with in the mandible.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Cysts may be simple, unilocular or multilocular, and may attain an enormous size.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
This grouping of cysts in contradistinction to fleshy tumors omits the consideration of a series of cystic tumors of enormous size, the multilocular tumors of the ovary.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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