multilocular
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The whole multilocular cystic mass with the accumulated fluids tipped the scales at 132 pounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Delafield and Prudden report the only instance of multilocular echinococcus seen in this country.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The cysts thus formed may be unilocular or multilocular, and intra-cystic papillary vegetations frequently grow from their walls.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
They usually take the form of unilocular or multilocular cysts, the wall of which contains skin, mucous membrane, hair follicles, sebaceous, sweat, and mucous glands, nails, teeth, nipples, and mammary glands.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
It may thus be unilocular or multilocular, one- or many-seeded.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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