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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesuniloculare
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /u.ni.lo.kuˈlaː.re/
"La cisti osservata risulta essere uniloculare."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having only one compartment, cavity, or locule, as certain seed pods, shells, or cells.
"The botanical analysis revealed that the ovary of the flower was unilocular, containing a single cavity." - 2
In medicine and histology, describing a cyst, tumor, or adipocyte containing a single large fluid or lipid droplet.
"Biopsy of the adipose tissue identified unilocular fat cells characteristic of white adipose tissue."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin prefix 'uni-' (meaning 'one') combined with 'loculus' (a diminutive of 'locus', meaning 'place' or 'cell'), coined in 19th-century scientific and botanical nomenclature. It emerged through neoclassical compounding to describe biological structures possessing a single chamber or compartment.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Unilocular" is said worldwide
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uniloculaire
Transliteration: /y.ni.lɔ.ky.lɛʁ/
"Cette structure anatomique est uniloculaire."
unilocular
Transliteration: /uːniloˈkuːlaɐ̯/
Script: uniloculär
"Das Gewebe weist eine uniloculäre Struktur auf."
uniloculare
Transliteration: /u.ni.lo.kuˈlaː.re/
"La cisti osservata risulta essere uniloculare."
unilocular
Transliteration: /u.ni.lo.kuˈlaɾ/
"El fruto presenta un ovario unilocular."
unilocular
Transliteration: /u.ni.lo.kuˈlaɾ/
"O tecido adiposo branco é composto por células uniloculares."
एककोष्ठकी
Transliteration: ek-koshthaki
"इस पौधे का अंडाशय एककोष्ठकी होता है।"
单室的
Transliteration: dān shì de
"这种囊肿在显微镜下表现为单室的。"
단실의
Transliteration: dansiril
"이 세포는 단실의 구조를 가지고 있습니다."
単室の
Transliteration: tanshitsu no
"その組織は単室性の構造を示している。"
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