vesical

American  

[ves-i-kuhl] / ˈvɛs ɪ kəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a vesica or bladder, especially the urinary bladder.

2. resembling a bladder, as in shape or form; elliptical.

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vesical British  

/ ˈvɛsɪkəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a vesica, esp the urinary bladder

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Other Word Forms

• postvesical adjective

Etymology

Origin of vesical

1790–1800; < Medieval Latin vēsīcālis, equivalent to Latin vēsīc ( a ) bladder + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Calculi.—In reviewing the statistics of vesical calculi, the strangest anomalies in their size and weight have been noticed.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The locality, size, and color of vesical calculi have been demonstrated in my own experience.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various

A decoction of sufficient strength to color the water a light blue is used as a mouth wash in toothache and has some reputation as a solvent of vesical calculi.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

There may be gastric crises that recall those of tabes, and there may be vesical and rectal crises of a similar nature.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

There was considerable vesical irritation for the first week, with abundant mucus in the urine, specific gravity was 1010; there were no albumin nor tube-casts nor uric acid in the urinary sediments.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)