multilocularadj.
/ˌmʌltɪˈlɒkjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈlɑkjələr/; see also multi- comb. form. Biology and Medicine.
Having, consisting of, or characterized by several or many compartments or cavities.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > having compartments or chambers
chambereda1382
cellulara1728
multilocular1754
cellated1832
pigeonholed1848
compartmented1851
multi-camerate1878
multiloculate1890
multiloculated1899
1754 R. Brookes Introd. Physic & Surg. 209 The Capsula..is said to be Uni-locular, or multi-locular, according as the Seeds are distributed into one or more Cells.
1814 Trans. Geol. Soc. 2 280 A due attention..would..have prevented the multilocular shells from having been considered as pelagian shells.
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 37 He divides and then subdivides it into partitions, almost as multilocular as a painter's box of colors.
1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 182 A compound or multilocular cyst is one consisting of numerous loculi.
1945 W. O. Howarth & L. G. G. Warne Lowson's Textbk. Bot. (ed. 9) ix. 247 If the carpels are folded on themselves before fusing, that is, if the fused margins run in to the middle of the ovary.., a multilocular ovary results.
1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. v. 96 (caption) The multilocular pontine cysts have replaced foci of infarction.
1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) ix. 616 Ganglia. These multilocular swellings occur most commonly around the wrist joint.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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