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 Definitions of vesicle  [ˈvɛs ɪ kəl]  

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Definition of 'vesicle' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) vesicle
a small sac, cyst, or cavity, esp. one filled with fluid.

2.  vesicle
a small, spherical cavity in a rock or mineral, formed by expansion of a gas before the enclosing body solidified.

Etymology:  (1570–80; < L vēsīcula little bladder. See vesica , -ule)

Definition of 'vesicle' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) vesicle, cyst
a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)


Definition of 'vesicle' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) vesicle
a bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell

2. (noun) vesicle
a small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf

3. (noun) vesicle
a small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid

4. (noun) vesicle
a cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle

5. (noun) vesicle
a small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral

6. (noun) vesicle
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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