Definitions for vesicles

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vesicles ves·i·cle

Spelling: [ves-i-kuh l]

IPA: /ˈvɛs ɪ kəl/

Vesicles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in vesicles (ceeilssv).

Definitions for vesicles

noun

1. a small sac or cyst.
2. Biology. a small bladderlike cavity, especially one filled with fluid.
3. Pathology. a circumscribed elevation of the epidermis containing serous fluid; blister.
4. Geology. a small, usually spherical cavity in a rock or mineral, formed by expansion of a gas or vapor before the enclosing body solidified.

Origin of vesicles

First recorded in 1570-80, vesicle is from the Latin word vēsīcula little bladder. See vesica, -ule

Examples for vesicles

The line ge in B shews the extension of the hypoblast round the inner side of the vesicle.

Now, this vesicle is invariably tinged with a different hue from the rest of the being.

We find that no vesicle wants its coating of this earthy mineral.

The ring around the embryonic area where the walls of the vesicle are formed of epiblast and hypoblast.

The proper capsule of the Graafian vesicle is composed of two layers.

On the first half of the fourth day the vesicle is still very small, and its growth is not very rapid.

This vesicle, of a milky-white colour, and filled with liquid, is the scolex.

Near each of their spiracles also is a vesicle which appears to be a reservoir.

There is no appearance of vesicle, nor is the skin discoloured.

The embryonic area is formed in the usual way, and its long axis is placed at right angles to that of the vesicle.