Saccular

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Formed of or divided into a series of saclike dilations or pouches.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having the form of a series of sacs or pouches; sacculate
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Like a sac; sacciform.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Like a sac; saccate in form; sacciform: as, a saccular dilatation of the stomach or intestine.
    • Word Usage
    "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."
    Cross Reference
    saccular aneurism    saccular glands   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sacciform    saclike    saccate    utricular    utriculate    vesiculate   
    Same Context
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