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.
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Origin of vesical
1790–1800; < Medieval Latin vēsīcālis, equivalent to Latin vēsīc ( a ) bladder + -ālis -al 1
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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
Prochaska mentions vesical fusion with the uterus, and we have already described union with the rectum and intestine.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The most important of these—the centres for the rectal, the vesical, and the patellar reflexes—are situated in the lumbar enlargement.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Here it should be noticed that in children it is fortunately of very little consequence to preserve the integrity of the prostatic sheath of vesical fascia.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
He himself died at Paris on the 15th of April 1788, at the age of eighty-one, of vesical calculus, having refused to allow any operation for his relief.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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