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vesicle
[ ves-i-kuhl ]
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.
vesicle
/ vɛˈsɪkjʊlə; ˈvɛsɪkəl /
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
vesicle
/ vĕs′ĭ-kəl /
- 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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Derived Forms
- veˈsicularly, adverb
- vesicular, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vesicle1
C16: from Latin vēsīcula, diminutive of vesica
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Example Sentences
Now, this vesicle is invariably tinged with a different hue from the rest of the being.
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Do we not witness in the newly formed vaccine vesicle, an increase of the specific force and principle?
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The interest in the terminal vesicle lies in the possibility of its being some rudimentary structure.
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It begins to do so close to the terminal vesicle, which, however, still remains as or more conspicuous than it was before.
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The result of segmentation is a vesicle whose wall is formed of a single layer of cells.
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