physaliferousadj.
/ˌfʌɪsəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, /ˌfɪsəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌfaɪsəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, /ˌfɪsəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/ Pathology.
= physaliphorous adj.
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cellulate?a1425
follicular1677
vesiculara1682
cellulated1693
vesiculous1698
folliculate1699
biventrous1702
trilocular1753
unilocular1753
folliculous1757
folliculated1771
bilocular1783
loculated1794
scrobiculate1804
locular?1806
vesiculose1817
plurilocular1819
uniloculate1830
sacculated1835
vesiculigerous1846
vesiculiferous1859
scrobiculated1860
sacculate1870
biloculate1874
bilocellate1880
scrobiculous1889
folliculose1900
physaliphorous1923
physaliferous1954
1954 G. L. Fite tr. R. Virchow in Amer. Jrnl. Leprosy 22 209 They [sc. the cells] have one characteristic that is especially noteworthy, i.e., their tendency to form a sort of vacuole, apparently from taking up water, so that under the circumstances they acquire a wholly physaliferous appearance [Ger. ein ganz physaliphores Aussehen].
1977 Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 70 276/2 A large number of the cells had a vacuolated cytoplasm with hyperchromatic nuclei, the pattern being that of ‘physaliferous’ cells characteristic of a chordoma.
2003 Jrnl. Anat. 202 279 Cells..within the clusters had a physaliferous appearance, containing numerous inclusions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1954