Formed with or having saclike expansions. scirrhus. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
A stretchable saclike structure in the body that holds fluids. From Wordnik.com. [bladder] Reference
A small saclike organ located at the upper end of the large intestine. From Wordnik.com. [appendix] Reference
(SIST) An abnormal saclike structure that develops in the body and is filled with fluid or semisolid material. From Wordnik.com. [cyst] Reference
The repulsive, malformed heads were all pop eyes and gaping mouths, the latter limned with greasy, saclike lips. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
My medical dictionary describes the stomach as a distensible saclike organ connecting the esophagus and the duodenum (throat and small intestine). From Wordnik.com. [The Stomach: A Very Complex Organ] Reference
The eggs hatch into a ciliated miracidium which actively seeks out the first host, a gastropod, penetrating its skin and metamorphosing into a saclike sporocyst. From Wordnik.com. [Platyhelminthes] Reference
We may conceive that the primordial fishes not only had gills used in breathing air dissolved in water, but also developed a saclike pouch off the gullet. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
The Dutch word, like the German Blinddarm, which is a little less frightening but means the same thing, is simply the native name for the small saclike appendage to the large intestine. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4] Reference
He had noted that the abdominal cavity was lined with a peculiar saclike membrane, the peritoneum, which also surrounded most of the organs contained in the cavity, and he made special note that this membrane also enveloped the liver in a peculiar manner. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science] Reference
In some parts of the legs may be found certain peculiar little structures of a saclike formation, containing an oily substance designed for the lubrication of the parts upon which they are placed for the purpose of facilitating the movements of the tendons which pass over them. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
The stemmed and lower division of the echinoderms was represented by a primitive type, the CYSTOID, so called from its saclike form, A small globular or ovate "calyx" of calcareous plates, with an aperture at the top for the mouth, inclosed the body of the animal, and was attached to the sea bottom by a short flexible stalk consisting of disks of carbonate of lime held together by a central ligament. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
8. Anatomy, Zoology. a baglike or pocketlike part; a sac or cyst, as the sac beneath the bill of pelicans, the saclike dilation of the cheeks of gophers, or the receptacle for the young of marsupials. From Wordnik.com. [They Got the Idea From the Lesbian Seagull « Whatever] Reference
Line Source pollution is another variable to add to the list ... our environment, and aneurysms ... a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall. (ref: wordnet. princeton.edu / perl / webwn) It is my guess, that not only does diet effect the outcome, but the external stimulus of the wrong type. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
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