capsular

1. 1.

   resembling a capsule

   “the capsular ligament is a sac surrounding the articular cavity of a freely movable joint and attached to the bones”

   anatomy

2. 2.

   of or relating to a capsule

   botany

Questions about capsular

What does capsular mean?

capsular means "resembling a capsule". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in capsular?

capsular has 3 syllables: cap-su-lar. The stress falls on "cap".

Is capsular a common word?

capsular is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.