saccular
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of saccular
First recorded in 1860–65; saccul(us) + -ar 1
Example Sentences
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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
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
The dilatation is commonly cylindrical, more rarely saccular, and it is the medium and smaller sized tubes that are generally affected, except where the cause is mechanical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
In the majority of the Decapoda there is a saccular invagination of the integument in the basal segment of the antennular peduncle having on its inner surface “auditory” setae of the type just described.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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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