-locularcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. plurilocular adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -locularis.

Etymology: < scientific Latin -locularis (1720 or earlier in physiological and botanical use, in e.g. bilocularis bilocular adj., trilocularis trilocular adj., etc.) < classical Latin loculus loculus n. + -āris -ar suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin locularis of or relating to space (5th cent.). Compare locular adj.Attested from the first half of the 18th cent. in a number of Latin loans with a numeral as first element, e.g. trilocular adj., bilocular adj., unilocular adj. Formations within English are found from at least the late 19th cent.

Chiefly Anatomy and Botany.

Forming adjectives with the sense ‘divided into a (specific) number of loculi’ or (less commonly) ‘divided into loculi in a particular manner’.

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1748 Misc. Corr. Gentleman's Mag. 9 356 This Description of the trilocular Cistern of the Bile is drawn from Cowper.

1770 J. Berkenhout Outl. Nat. Hist. Great Brit. & Ireland II. 45 Capsule five-locular, ten-valve.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 115/2 The bilocular heart of fishes is entirely branchial.

1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 17 Septate and murali-locular.

1902 D. H. Campbell Univ. Text-bk. Bot. v. 129 In many of the Phæosporeæ..there are formed the plurilocular sporangia.

1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxxvi. 1001 In other cases a hydrosalpinx follicularis presents a multi-locular pattern.

1967 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 54 493/2 The superior gynoecium is one-locular.

2008 R. E. Lee Phycology (ed. 4) xxi. 443/1 A small perforation occurs at the apex of the unilocular sporangium.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	-locular
释义	-locularcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. plurilocular adj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -locularis. Etymology: < scientific Latin -locularis (1720 or earlier in physiological and botanical use, in e.g. bilocularis bilocular adj., trilocularis trilocular adj., etc.) < classical Latin loculus loculus n. + -āris -ar suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin locularis of or relating to space (5th cent.). Compare locular adj.Attested from the first half of the 18th cent. in a number of Latin loans with a numeral as first element, e.g. trilocular adj., bilocular adj., unilocular adj. Formations within English are found from at least the late 19th cent. Chiefly Anatomy and Botany. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘divided into a (specific) number of loculi’ or (less commonly) ‘divided into loculi in a particular manner’. ΚΠ 1748 Misc. Corr. Gentleman's Mag. 9 356 This Description of the trilocular Cistern of the Bile is drawn from Cowper. 1770 J. Berkenhout Outl. Nat. Hist. Great Brit. & Ireland II. 45 Capsule five-locular, ten-valve. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 115/2 The bilocular heart of fishes is entirely branchial. 1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 17 Septate and murali-locular. 1902 D. H. Campbell Univ. Text-bk. Bot. v. 129 In many of the Phæosporeæ..there are formed the plurilocular sporangia. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxxvi. 1001 In other cases a hydrosalpinx follicularis presents a multi-locular pattern. 1967 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 54 493/2 The superior gynoecium is one-locular. 2008 R. E. Lee Phycology (ed. 4) xxi. 443/1 A small perforation occurs at the apex of the unilocular sporangium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < comb. form1748
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