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/ek'streuh kap"seuh leuhr, -kaps"yoo-/, adj.outside a capsule or capsular thing.[1880-85; EXTRA- + CAPSULAR]
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Extracapsular — Ex tra*cap su*lar, a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
extracapsular — Relativo a algo situado por fuera de la cápsula. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
extracapsular — adjective Outside the capsule of a joint … Wiktionary
extracapsular — Outside of the capsule of a joint. * * * ex·tra·cap·su·lar kap sə lər, esp Brit kap syu̇ lər adj 1) situated outside a capsule 2) of a cataract operation involving removal of the front part of the capsule and the central part of the lens compare… … Medical dictionary
extracapsular — adj. occurring outside of a capsule … English contemporary dictionary
extracapsular — ex·tra·capsular … English syllables
extracapsular — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ adjective Etymology: extra + capsular : situated outside a capsule; especially : situated outside a capsular ligament * * * /ek streuh kap seuh leuhr, kaps yoo /, adj. outside a capsule or capsular thing. [1880 85; EXTRA + CAPSULAR] … Useful english dictionary
extracapsular ankylosis — ankylosis due to rigidity of structures exterior to the joint capsule … Medical dictionary
extracapsular fracture — a fracture of the humerus or femur outside of the capsule … Medical dictionary
extracapsular surgery — noun cataract surgery in which only the front of the lens is removed; the back of the lens capsule remains intact and provides support for the lens implant • Hypernyms: ↑cataract surgery • Hyponyms: ↑phacoemulsification … Useful english dictionary
