ˈspatulated, a.
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
= spatulate a. Also as ppl. a., given a spatulate form.
| 1777 Forster Voy. round World I. 437 Many were spatulated, flattish, and pointed. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.E. Africa 48 Their two long tail feathers, broadened out or spatulated at the extremity in the form of a paddle. 1957 Jrnl. Urol. LXXVII. 413 The technique of anastomosing the spatulated ends of the ureter was used without the ureterotomy above the site of anastomosis. 1977 Urologia Internat. XXXII. 369 The spatulated end of the ureter is spread over the trigonal mucosa. |