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Definitions: Capsular |
CapsularAdjective1. (anatomy) resembling a capsule; "the capsular ligament is a sac surrounding the articular cavity of a freely movable joint and attached to the bones". 2. (botany) of or relating to a capsule. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "capsular" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1897. (references) |
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Health | Cataract which is initiated by an opacification at the surface of the lens. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concavity | Adjective: depressed; Verb: alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing; favaginous, faveolate, favose; scyphiform, scyphose; concave, hollow, stove in; retiring; retreating; cavernous; porous; (with holes); infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform; funnel shaped, bell shaped; campaniform, capsular; vaulted, arched. |
Receptacle | Adjective: capsular; saccular, sacculated; recipient; ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric; marsupial; siliquose, siliquous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Capsular |
| English words defined with "capsular": Blighia, Bog spavin ♦ Capsular ligament, Carpobrotus edulis ♦ Extracapsular ♦ family Papaveraceae ♦ genus Blighia ♦ Hottentot fig, Hottentot's fig ♦ Mesembryanthemum edule ♦ Papaveraceae, poppy family ♦ sour fig. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "capsular": Adhesins, Escherichia coli ♦ capsular cataract, capsular glaucoma. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "capsular": Acapsular ♦ Hexacapsular ♦ Ischiocapsular ♦ Pentacapsular ♦ Quadricapsular. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Positive identification of the bacillus may be facilitated through the application of DFA stain and its affinity for the Y. pestis' capsular antigen.Credit: CDC. |
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Health | Interface with community groups on education and prevention issues, evaluate impact of new prevention guidelines on disease occurrence, apply conjugate vaccine technology to GBS capsular polysaccharide. (references) | |
Bacillus anthracis, the etiologic agent of anthrax, is a large, gram-positive, nonmotile, spore-forming bacterial rod. The three virulence factors of B. anthracis are edema toxin, lethal toxin and a capsular antigen. (references) | ||
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| "Capsular" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Capsular" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "capsular": capsular cataract ♦ capsular glaucoma ♦ Capsular ligament. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
capsular contracture | 34 |
capsular contraction | 12 |
capsular shift | 3 |
capsular contracture photo | 2 |
after augmentation breast capsular contraction | 2 |
breast capsular contracture implant | 2 |
capsular release | 2 |
capsular shrinkage thermal | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "capsular"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cataracta capsularis (capsular cataract), capsulo-lenticulær katarakt (capsular cataract), capsular drops (capsular drops), capsulær paralyse (capsular paralysis, hemiplegia of internal capsule), strålingsenergi-katarakt (capsular cataract, radiant energy cataract), rundkapslet jute (capsular corchorus, round pod jute, seed podded jute), kapsulaer cirrhose (capsular cirrhosis), kapsulær ankylose (capsular ankylosis), kapselstriber (capsular streaks), kapselstrøg (capsular streaks), kapselkatarakt (capsular cataract, radiant energy cataract), jute med rund kapsel (capsular corchorus, round pod jute, seed podded jute), hemiplegi (capsular paralysis, hemiplegia, hemiplegia of internal capsule), glaucoma capsulocuticulare (capsular glaucoma), glaucoma capsulare (capsular glaucoma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cirrose van Glisson (capsular cirrhosis), cirrhosis lymphatica (capsular cirrhosis), cirrhosis capsularis (capsular cirrhosis), cataracta capsulo-lenticularis (capsular cataract), cataracta capsulolenticularis (capsular cataract), cataracta capsularis (capsular cataract), capsulaire verlamming (capsular paralysis, hemiplegia of internal capsule), rondpeulige jute (capsular corchorus, round pod jute, seed podded jute), kapselstaar (capsular cataract), hemiplegia (capsular paralysis, hemiplegia, hemiplegia of internal capsule), ankylosis capsularis (capsular ankylosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | corète textile (capsular corchorus), cataracte capsulaire (capsular cataract, radiant energy cataract), cataracte capsulolenticulaire (capsular cataract), cataracte capsulo-lenticulaire (capsular cataract), cataracte par irradiation (capsular cataract, radiant energy cataract), cirrhose capsulaire (capsular cirrhosis), corète capsulaire (capsular corchorus), syndrome de la capsule interne (capsular paralysis, hemiplegia of internal capsule), fentes claires (capsular streaks), ankylose capsulaire (capsular ankylosis), glaucome capsulaire (capsular glaucoma), jute à capsules globuleuses (capsular corchorus), jute à fruit capsulaire (capsular corchorus), polysaccharide capsulaire (capsular polysaccharide), sérosité dans la capsule rénale (capsular drops), faisceaux de renforcement (capsular thickening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | capsular drops (capsular drops), Cataracta capsularis (capsular cataract), Cataracta capsulolenticularis (capsular cataract), Cirrhosis capsularis (capsular cirrhosis), Hemiplegie (capsular paralysis, hemiplegia, hemiplegia of internal capsule), aus Kapseln gewonnenes Polysaccharid (capsular polysaccharide), fibrin-caps (capsular drops), Ankylosis capsularis (capsular ankylosis), Hemiparese (capsular paralysis, hemiparesis, hemiplegia of internal capsule), Strahlungsenergiekatarakt (capsular cataract, radiant energy cataract), Kapselepithelstar (capsular cataract), Kapselhäutchenstar (capsular cataract), Kapselkatarakt (capsular cataract, radiant energy cataract), Kapsellähmung (capsular paralysis, hemiplegia of internal capsule), Kapselstreifen (capsular streaks), kapsuläre Lähmung (capsular paralysis, hemiplegia of internal capsule), Linsenkapselhäutchenglaukom (capsular glaucoma), Glaucoma capsulare (capsular glaucoma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θυλακώδησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | seperti benih. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | capsulare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apsularcay cirrose capsular (capsular cirrhosis), catarata produzida por irradiação (capsular cataract, radiant energy cataract), catarata capsular (capsular cataract, radiant energy cataract), catarata cápsulo-lenticular (capsular cataract), sÃndrome da cápsula interna (capsular paralysis, hemiplegia of internal capsule), juta de fruto redondo (capsular corchorus, round pod jute, seed podded jute), glaucoma capsular (capsular glaucoma), fendas capsulares (capsular streaks), anquilose capsular (capsular ankylosis). (various references) capsulat, în formã de capsulã. (various references) catarata producida por irradiación (capsular cataract, radiant energy cataract), catarata capsulolenticular (capsular cataract), catarata capsular (capsular cataract, radiant energy cataract), yute de fruto redondeado (capsular corchorus, round pod jute, seed podded jute), serosidad en la cápsula renal (capsular drops), sÃndrome de la cápsula interna (capsular paralysis, hemiplegia of internal capsule), parálisis capsular (capsular paralysis, hemiplegia of internal capsule), glaucoma capsular (capsular glaucoma), estrÃas capsulares (capsular streaks), anquilosis capsular (capsular ankylosis). (various references) kapsüle benzeyen, kapsül (cachet, capsule, cyst, detonating cap, module, primer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "capsular": subcapsular. (additional references) | |
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"Capsular" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Capsella, capsul, capsuled, casuar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: scapular. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: carpals, scapula. | |
-2 letters: acarus, carpal, carpus, casual, causal, craals, lascar, lauras, pascal, pausal, pulsar, rascal, sacral, scalar. | |
-3 letters: arcus, aural, auras, carls, carps, cauls, claps, clasp, craal, craps, culpa, curls, laura, pacas, paras, praus, purls, sacra, salpa, scalp, scarp, scaup, scaur, scrap, sculp, slurp, supra, sural. | |
-4 letters: aals, alar, alas, alps, arcs, aura, caps. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: scapulars. | |
+2 letters: portulacas, spiracular. | |
+3 letters: particulars, provascular, purchasable, rapaciously, spectacular, subcapsular. | |
+4 letters: capitularies, particulates, spectaculars. | |
+5 letters: alphanumerics, particularise, particularism, particularist, quasiparticle, recapitulates, spectacularly, ultraphysical, unspectacular, upperclassman. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 70 73 75 6C 61 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .--. ... ..- .-.. .- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110000 01110011 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a p s u l a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0070 0073 0075 006C 0061 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767828587786784 |
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