vesicular

American  

[vuh-sik-yuh-ler] / vəˈsɪk jə lər /

adjective

1. of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.

2. having the form of a vesicle.

3. characterized by or consisting of vesicles.

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Other Word Forms

• intervesicular
  adjective
• nonvesicular
  adjective
• subvesicular
  adjective
• nonvesicularly
  adverb
• vesicularly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of vesicular

1705–15; < New Latin vēsīculāris, equivalent to Latin vēsīcul ( a ) vesicle + -āris -ar ¹

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Example Sentences

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vesicular

African swine fever, classical swine fever, Newcastle disease, foot-and-mouth disease and swine vesicular disease are among ailments in Kenya that Customs cited as risks.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

African swine fever, classical swine fever, Newcastle disease, foot-and-mouth disease, and swine vesicular disease are among ailments in Kenya that Customs cited as risks.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

Defra said the clinical signs of swine vesicular disease could be confused with foot and mouth disease, so it was essential any suspicion of SVD in pigs was reported.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2022

The Merck vaccine uses a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus to deliver the vaccine to cells, while the Johnson and Johnson vaccine used an adenovirus.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2019

On it are two hills of volcanic conglomerate and vesicular lava, containing angular fragments embedded.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 by Various

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