vesical

[ves-i-kuh l]

adjective

of or relating to a vesica or bladder, especially the urinary bladder.
resembling a bladder, as in shape or form; elliptical.

Origin of vesical

1790–1800; < Medieval Latin vēsīcālis, equivalent to Latin vēsīc(a) bladder + -ālis -al¹

Related formspost·ves·i·cal, adjective

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Examples from the Web for vesical

Historical Examples of vesical

The blade of the knife should not wound the vesical mucous membrane.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)
Various
They consisted in loss of cutaneous sensibility, motor paralysis, and vesical and rectal incompetence.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900
George Henry Makins
It has also been used by Brauw, Gruithuisen, and others, in old pulmonary and vesical catarrhs.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
When a ligature makes its way into the bladder it will set up cystitis and serve as a nucleus for a vesical calculus.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)
Various
The ureter is secured by sutures to the vesical mucous membrane, and to the muscular coat of the bladder.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)
Various

British Dictionary definitions for vesical

vesical

adjective

of or relating to a vesica, esp the urinary bladder

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