Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Formed of or divided into a series of saclike dilations or pouches.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a sac; saccate in form; sacciform: as, a saccular dilatation of the stomach or intestine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a sac; sacciform.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Having the form of a series of
sacs orpouches ;sacculate
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Examples
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* Normally in snakes, the posterior lung walls are thin and sac-like, hence the name ‘saccular lung’.
‘A miniature plesiosaur without flippers’: surreal morphologies and surprising behaviours in sea snakes Darren Naish 2006
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* Normally in snakes, the posterior lung walls are thin and sac-like, hence the name ‘saccular lung’.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Its posterior part (the so-called saccular lung) has unique thick, muscular walls* that allows stored air to be forced forward into the functional anterior part (termed the bronchial lung) and the anterior projection of the lung (the so-called tracheal lung) is large and extends well forwards relative to that of terrestrial snakes.
‘A miniature plesiosaur without flippers’: surreal morphologies and surprising behaviours in sea snakes Darren Naish 2006
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Its posterior part (the so-called saccular lung) has unique thick, muscular walls* that allows stored air to be forced forward into the functional anterior part (termed the bronchial lung) and the anterior projection of the lung (the so-called tracheal lung) is large and extends well forwards relative to that of terrestrial snakes.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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How do tubular glands differ in structure from saccular glands?
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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In those aneurysms which are a _saccular_ bulging on one side of the artery the blood may be induced to coagulate, or may of itself deposit layer upon layer of pale clot, until the sac is obliterated.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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If these glands have the general form of tubes, they are called _tubular_ glands; if sac-like in shape, they are called _saccular_ glands.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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Where the dilatation is of the saccular variety, it may come up in such quantities and with so much suddenness as to gush from the mouth.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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The larger of the compound saccular glands are also called _racemose_ glands, on account of their having the general form of a cluster, or raceme, similar to that of a bunch of grapes.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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Both the tubular and the saccular glands may, by branching, form a great number of similar divisions which are connected with one another, and which communicate by a common opening with the place where the secretion is used.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
seanahan commented on the word saccular
Having the form of a sac. Pretty straight forward.
December 2, 2007