vesicle
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French vesicule, from Latin vēsīcula.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛsɪkəl/, /ˈviːsɪkəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ves‧i‧cle
- Homophone: vesical (for some pronunciations)
Noun edit
vesicle (plural vesicles)
- (cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
- A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as:
- (botany) A small sac filled with juice, one of many constituting the pulp of a fruit such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
- Coordinate term: acinus
- (biology, medicine) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
- (botany) A small sac filled with juice, one of many constituting the pulp of a fruit such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
- (anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
- Coordinate term: germ
- (geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51:
- It frequently contains holes, or vesicles, especially nearer the surface of a flow where gas has escaped.
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Translations edit
cytology: membrane-bound compartment
small bladderlike cell or cavity
anatomy: small sac or cyst
anatomy: pocket of embryonic tissue