vesical
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a vesica or bladder, especially the urinary bladder.
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resembling a bladder, as in shape or form; elliptical.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of vesical
1790–1800; < Medieval Latin vēsīcālis, equivalent to Latin vēsīc ( a ) bladder + -ālis -al 1
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Such a suggestion, by calling the patient's attention strongly to his condition, emphasizes the irritability of the vesical tissues and is almost sure to bring about a considerable increase in the symptoms.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
Nature, I said to myself, forms calculi by uniting organic elements, by crystallizing them, and by cementing them with vesical mucus.
From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Honor? Bourguignon
The third class are the vesical calculi, from the bladder or vesicle in which they are found.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Nov. 26th he had complete retention from vesical paralysis, and sent for me at night to relieve him.
From The Electric Bath by George M. Schweig
It was a pedunculated growth, and it was undoubtedly vesical and not expelled from some ovarian source through the urinary passage, as sometimes occurs.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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