radicular, a.
(rəˈdɪkjʊlə(r))
[f. L. rādīcula radicule + -ar.]
1. Bot. Belonging to the radicle.
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 72 Radicular end next the hilum. 1831 Macgillivray tr. Richard's Elem. Bot. 288 The radicular body or radicle constitutes one of the extremities of the embryo. 1875 Bennett & Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 462 The embryo is thick at the radicular end. |
2. a. Path. Affecting or attacking the roots (of a tooth, nerve, etc.).
| 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 561 Radicular Odontome has attained the size of a chestnut. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 652 To this form the name of radicular brachial neuritis is given. |
b. Anat. Belonging to, forming part of, the root of an artery, nerve, etc.
| 1897 Syd. Soc. Lex., Radicular arteries, fibres. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 390 The radicular branches [of arteries] to the bulbar nerves arise from the vertebral. |