noun a small sac or cyst.
Biology a small bladderlike cavity, especially one filled with fluid.
Pathology a circumscribed elevation of the epidermis containing serous fluid; blister.
Geology a small, usually spherical cavity in a rock or mineral, formed by expansion of a gas or vapor before the enclosing body solidified.
Origin of vesicle First recorded in
1570–80, vesicle is from the
Latin word
vēsīcula little bladder. See
vesica ,
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Examples from the Web for vesicle The three parts—the centripetal fibre, the vesicle , and the centrifugal fibre—conjointly constitute a simple nervous arc.
The embryonic area is formed in the usual way, and its long axis is placed at right angles to that of the vesicle .
This Kuppel has precisely the same relations and a very similar appearance to our vesicle .
My specimen exhibits them in every stage of growth, from a minute point to a vesicle the size of a hens egg.
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British Dictionary definitions for vesicle noun pathol any small sac or cavity, esp one containing serous fluid a blister geology a rounded cavity within a rock formed during solidification by expansion of the gases present in the magma
botany a small bladder-like cavity occurring in certain seaweeds and aquatic plants
any small cavity or cell
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Derived Forms vesicular (vɛˈsɪkjʊlə ), adjective vesicularly , adverb Word Origin for vesicle C16: from Latin vēsīcula, diminutive of vesica
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Word Origin and History for vesicle n. 1570s, from Middle French vesicule , from Latin vesicula , diminutive of vesica "bladder, blister" (see ventral ).
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Medicine definitions for vesicle n. A small structure resembling a bladder.
A small circumscribed elevation of the skin containing serum.
A small sac or cyst containing liquid or gas.
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Science definitions for vesicle A small fluid-filled sac in the body.
A membrane-bound sac in eukaryotic cells that stores or transports the products of metabolism in the cell and is sometimes the site for the breaking down of metabolic wastes. Vesicles bulge out and break off from the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus. Vesicles get their energy for mobility from ATP. Lysosomes and peroxisomes are vesicles.
A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
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