Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or consisting of many small compartments or cavities.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having many cells, chambers, or compartments: as, a multilocular pericarp; a multilocular spore; multilocular shells. See
plurilocular .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having many or several cells or compartments.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having many small
cavities orcells
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Examples
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The tunica vaginalis, like the serous spermatic tube, may, in consequence of inflammatory fibrinous effusion, become sacculated-multilocular, in which case, if a hydrocele form, the position of the testis will vary accordingly.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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One of these, of large size, and generally multilocular, separates it from the greater trochanter; a second, often wanting, is situated on the tuberosity of the ischium; a third is found between the tendon of the muscle and that of the Vastus lateralis.
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Delafield and Prudden report the only instance of multilocular echinococcus seen in this country.
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Delafield and Prudden report the only instance of multilocular echinococcus seen in this country.
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A diagnosis was made of multilocular ovarian cyst or edematous myoma of the uterus, and on the morning of December 7, 1890, an operation was performed.
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Robson 2.262 reports a multilocular cyst of the ovary with extensive adhesions of the uterus, removed at the tenth week of pregnancy and ovariotomy performed without any interruption of the ordinary course of labor.
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A diagnosis was made of multilocular ovarian cyst or edematous myoma of the uterus, and on the morning of December 7, 1890, an operation was performed.
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Rein performed ovariotomy on a girl of six, suffering from a multilocular cyst of the left ovary.
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Rein performed ovariotomy on a girl of six, suffering from a multilocular cyst of the left ovary.
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The cysts thus formed may be unilocular or multilocular, and intra-cystic papillary vegetations frequently grow from their walls.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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