saccular
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of saccular
First recorded in 1860–65; saccul(us) + -ar 1
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The saccular is likely to be on only one side of an artery, while the dissecting is usually fusiform and surrounds it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ovaries and testes are saccular organs arranged in a row along the gill and succeeding region.
From Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume Eleven, Number Two, June 1919 by Various
The gonads, as in other Arthropoda, are hollow saccular organs, the cavity communicating with the efferent ducts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
This forms a compound gland which, depending on the structure of the minute parts, may be either a compound tubular or a compound saccular gland.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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