CAPSULAR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a capsule

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Pertainym:

capsule (a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses)

Derivation:

capsule (a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside)

capsule (a small container)

capsule (a structure that encloses a body part)

capsule (a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Resembling a capsule

Example:

the capsular ligament is a sac surrounding the articular cavity of a freely movable joint and attached to the bones

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Pertainym:

capsule (a structure that encloses a body part)

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Context examples:

A thymoma that has an aggressive clinical course (capsular invasion, infiltration of the surrounding tissues) and can metastasize.

(Malignant Thymoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A parathyroid gland tumor that shares certain morphologic characteristics with parathyroid gland carcinomas (e.g. broad fibrous bands formation with or without hemosiderin deposition, presence of mitotic figures) but lacks unequivocal evidence of capsular or vascular invasion.