capsular, a.
(ˈkæpsjʊlə(r))
[ad. mod.L. capsulār-is, f. capsula: see capsule and -ar1.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a capsule.
| [1679 Plot Staffordsh. (1686) 196 The bicapsular seed vessel of Digitalis ferruginea.] 1730–6 Bailey, Capsular, pertaining to a coffer, chest or casket. 1748 Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. vii. ¶74. 245 The capsular Ligaments of the Joints. 1794 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xvi. 175 A berry covered with a capsular shell. 1831 R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 766 Capsular Lymphatics..come from the supra-renal capsules. 1822–44 Good Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 167 Capsular cataracts are those in which the front, or back, of the capsule of the lens is alone affected. 1845 Lindley Sch. Bot. iv. (1858) 37 Fruit berried or capsular. |