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noun
Vesicle  n.  A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell. Specifically:
(a)
(Bot.) A small bladderlike body in the substance of a vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.
(b)
(Med.) A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.
(c)
(Anat.) A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.
(d)
(Zool.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
(e)
(Geol.) 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.






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Words linked to "Vesicle" :   follicle, dacryocyst, sac, blister, liposome, Golgi apparatus, umbilical vesicle, lacrimal sac, Golgi complex, Golgi body, cyst, seminal vesicle, tear sac, dictyosome, bleb



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