Definition of Saccular

1. a. Like a sac; sacciform.

Definition of Saccular

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Having the form of a series of sacs or pouches; sacculate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saccular

1. resembling a sac [adj] - See also: sac

Medical Definition of Saccular

1. Having the general form of a sac. Origin: L. Saccus a sack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saccular

saccholactate
saccholactates
saccholactic
sacchulmate
sacchulmic
sacchulmin
sacciferous
sacciform
sacciform recess
saccing
saccoglossa
saccoi
saccolabium
saccos
saccoses
saccular (current term)
saccular aneurysm
saccular bronchiectasis
saccular gland
saccular nerve
saccular spot
sacculate
sacculated
sacculated pleurisy
sacculation
sacculation of colon
sacculations
saccule
saccule and utricle
saccule of larynx

Literary usage of Saccular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of normal histology: including an account of the development of by George Arthur Piersol (1904)
"Simple saccular glands do not occur in the higher animals, but are conspicuous in the lower types, as in the integument of amphibians. Compound saccular ..."

2. Text-book of Normal Histology: Including an Account of the Development of by George Arthur Piersol (1893)
"Simple saccular glands do not occur in the higher animals, ... Dilatation of the fundus of the primitive type produces the simple saccular gland ..."

3. Text-book of normal histology: Including an Account of the Development of by George Arthur Piersol (1896)
"Simple saccular glands do not occur in the higher animals, but are conspicuous in the lower types, as in the integument of amphibians. Compound saccular ..."

4. Clinical lectures on the principles and practice of medicine by John Hughes Bennett (1867)
"saccular, also called true Aneurism, in which one portion or side of the vessel is dilated into a sac. 3. False Aneurism, in which the coats of a vessel ..."

5. An Index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms by Herbert French (1912)
"Skiagram of a large saccular aneurysm (A) of the ascending part of the arch of the ... saccular ..."

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