vesica
Americannoun
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anatomy a technical name for bladder
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(in medieval sculpture and painting) an aureole in the shape of a pointed oval
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Etymology
Origin of vesica
First recorded in 1675–85, vesica is from the Latin word vēsīca
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In the sky is a pretty Madonna and Child in a vesica surrounded by angels.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
The Transfiguration, which corresponds to this subject on the back of the robe, is the traditional composition, only varied by the unusual shape of the vesica piscis which encloses Our Saviour.
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
Within the vesica piscis, artists usually represent the virgin herself, with or without the child; in the figure before us the child takes her place.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Thomas Inman
This figure, also known as the vesica piscis, is common in ecclesiastical seals and as a glory or aureole in paintings of sculpture, surrounding figures of the Trinity, saints, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
Ves′ical, of or pertaining to a vesica; Ves′icant, blistering.—n. a substance that vesicates or raises blisters.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
There was ectopia vesicae and prolapse of the intestine at the umbilicus; the right kidney was elongated; the right vas deferens opened into the ureter.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
L. E. D.—The leaves have a bitterish astringent taste, and are recommended in powder, to the extent of at least two drams a-day, in ulcerations of the urinary passages and catarrhus vesicae.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
The space between the large arch and the window head is taken up by a large circle completely filled with minute spiral tracery and two vesicae also filled in with smaller vesicae and circles.
From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson
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