vesica
noun
a bladder.
vesicae
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pluralof vesica.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
