physaliferous, a. Biol.
(faɪsəˈlɪfərəs)
[f. Gr. ϕυσαλλ-ίς bladder + -iferous.]
= physaliphorous a.
| 1954 G. L. Fite tr. R. Virchow in Amer. Jrnl. Leprosy XXII. 209 They [sc. the cells] have one characteristic that is especially noteworthy, i.e., their tendency to form a sort of vacuole, apparently from taking up water, so that under the circumstances they acquire a wholly physaliferous appearance. 1977 Proc. R. Soc. Med. LXX. 276/2 A large number of the cells had a vacuolated cytoplasm with hyperchromatic nuclei, the pattern being that of ‘physaliferous’ cells characteristic of a chordoma. |