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‖ loculus|ˈlɒkjʊləs|
Pl. loculi |ˈlɒkjʊlaɪ|.
[L. loculus, dim. of locus.]
1. A small chamber or cell in an ancient tomb for the reception of a body or an urn.
1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. ii. vi. (1872) I. 87 St. Elizabeth's loculus was put into its shrine here. 1883Fortn. Rev. July 137 Another spacious cave..containing chambers and a number of loculi for corpses.
2. Zool., Anat., and Bot. One of a number of small cavities or cells separated from one another by septa.
1861J. R. Greene Man. Anim. Kingd., Cœlent. 176 The number of septa in process of formation is often less than the number of loculi. 1872Nicholson Palæont. 90 The space below the calice is broken up into a number of vertical compartments or loculi. 1873T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. (ed. 2) 182 A simple cyst consists of a single loculus. A compound or multilocular cyst is one consisting of numerous loculi. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. 419/1 Loculus, the cell or cavity in an ovary or an anther. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 894 This disposition [in perityphlitic abscesses] to the formation of loculi or pockets. |