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Definition of Capsular
1. Adjective. Resembling a capsule. "The capsular ligament is a sac surrounding the articular cavity of a freely movable joint and attached to the bones"
2. Adjective. Of or relating to a capsule.
Derivative terms: Capsule, Capsule, Capsule, Capsule
Partainyms: Capsule
Definition of Capsular
1. a. Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsule; hollow and fibrous.
Definition of Capsular
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a capsule. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Capsular
1. enclosed and compact [adj]
Medical Definition of Capsular
1. Relating to any capsule. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capsular
Literary usage of Capsular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1855)
"capsular CATARACT. The anterior and posterior walls of the capsule may ...
Hence are recognized anterior capsular cataract, and posterior capsular cataract. ..."
2. A Treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Lawrence (1854)
"The posterior capsular cataract has not that glistening white colour which
distinguishes the anterior, because it is seen through the lens, ..."
3. The Crystalline Lens System: Its Embryology, Anatomy, Physiological by Louis Stricker (1898)
"Control experiments were made at the same time with normal capsular substance.
... capsular cicatrices and capsular cataracts gave identically the same ..."
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