physaliphorousadj.
/ˌfʌɪsəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, /ˌfɪsəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌfaɪsəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, /ˌfɪsəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/ Pathology.
Containing numerous vacuoles; spec. designating or relating to cells of notochordal origin.
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cellulate?a1425
follicular1677
vesiculara1682
cellulated1693
vesiculous1698
folliculate1699
biventrous1702
trilocular1753
unilocular1753
folliculous1757
folliculated1771
bilocular1783
loculated1794
scrobiculate1804
locular?1806
vesiculose1817
plurilocular1819
uniloculate1830
sacculated1835
vesiculigerous1846
vesiculiferous1859
scrobiculated1860
sacculate1870
biloculate1874
bilocellate1880
scrobiculous1889
folliculose1900
physaliphorous1923
physaliferous1954
1923 Lancet 27 Jan. 184/2 As the cell grew older these [droplets of mucin] increased in both size number until the typical ‘physaliphorous’ appearance is seen.
1943 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 60 117/2 There is a great deal of mucinous material, many physaliphorous cells, with a few compact small epithelium-like cells.
1962 Jrnl. Clin. Pathol. 15 116 (title) The fine structure of chordoma with particular reference to the physaliphorous cell.
1967 Arch. Neurol. 17 92/2 There is abundant intercellular mucin and large physaliphorous cells.
2004 Histopathology 44 597 Microscopic examination revealed well demarcated but unencapsulated sheets of bland physaliphorous cells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1923