Definition of Vesicle

Babylon English
vesicle
n. bladder or bladder-like cavity; small blister filled with fluid; sac in the body, cyst (especially one filled with fluid); cavity formed in a rock by a pocket of gas that is trapped during the rock's formation (Geology)

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Vesicle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Vesicle
(n.)
A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.
  
(n.)
A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
  
(n.)
A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass.
  
(n.)
A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.
  
(n.)
A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.
  
(n.)
A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.
  

WordNet 2.0
vesicle

Noun
1. a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
(synonym) cyst
(hypernym) sac
(hyponym) lacrimal sac, tear sac, dacryocyst

hEnglish - advanced version
vesicle

vesicle
vesico- \ves"i*co-\ (?). a combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the bladder; as in vesicoprostatic, vesicovaginal.


  similar words(4) 




 umbilical vesicle 
 germinative vesicle 
 sac or vesicle 
 germinal vesicle 


Vesicle Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram)
Vesicle
A small skin blister, in dermatology. A small pouch, in anatomy. The word vesicle comes from the Latin diminuitive vesiculum meaning a small bag or bladder.

The Glossary of the American Council on Science and Health
vesicle
A small membranous pouch or a small open space within a solid.

Muscle Pain
Vesicle
in neurons: a microscopic sac inside the presynaptic portion of a nerve cell and also within receptive nerve endings. Vesicles are formed by membrane material and contain neurotransmitters and other substances.


Vesicle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Vesicle
Vesicle may refer to

  • Vesicle (biology), a relatively small and enclosed compartment within a cell
  • Vesicular texture, a small enclosed cavity found in some volcanic rock, such as basalt
  • Vesicle (adhesive tape), a blister of glue on adhesive tape that is burst when pressure is applied
  • Vesicle (lipidomics), a unilamellar phospholipid liposome studied by biophysical chemists for understanding biomembranes and developing new vehicles for drug delivery

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