vesicle

English

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Etymology

From French vésicule or its source, Latin vēsīcula.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɛsɪkl/, X-SAMPA: /"vEsIkl/
• Hyphenation: ves‧icle

Noun

vesicle (plural vesicles)

1. (cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
2. A small bladder-like cell or cavity.
3. (anatomy) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
4. (anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
5. (geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 51:

     It frequently contains holes, or vesicles, especially nearer the surface of a flow where gas has escaped.

Translations

cytology: membrane-bound compartment

• Finnish: rakkula (fi)
• Galician: vesícula (gl) f

• Japanese: 小胞 (ja) (しょうほう, shōhō)
• Spanish: vesícula (es) f

small bladderlike cell or cavity

• Catalan: vesícula (ca) f

• Finnish: rakkula (fi)

anatomy: small sac or cyst

• Catalan: vesícula (ca) f
• Finnish: rakko (fi)

• Japanese: 水疱 (ja) (すいほう, suihō)

anatomy: pocket of embryonic tissue

• Finnish: rakkula (fi)

• Japanese: 小胞 (ja) (しょうほう, shōhō)

geology: small cavity

• Finnish: rakkula (fi)

• Japanese: 気孔 (ja) (きこう, kikō)

Related terms

• vesica
• vesication
• vesiculation