multilocular

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, multi- +‎ locule +‎ -ar.

Adjective

multilocular (comparative more multilocular, superlative most multilocular)

1. Having multiple or many locules or loculi (chambers, cells, or compartments).

   Synonyms: multiloculate, multiloculated, plurilocular

   Coordinate terms: unilocular, uniloculate; bilocular, biloculate

   • 1882, Edward Tuckerman, Henry Willey, A Synopsis of the North American Lichens (part 1)

     Apothecia lecanoroid; multilocular; each cell containing a single theke; paraphyses deficient.

Derived terms

• multilocularity
• pseudomultilocular

Translations

Translations

French: pluriloculaire (fr), multiloculaire (fr)

See also

• multicameral
• multicellular
• multicompartmental
• multilobar
• multilobular