Vesicle

Definition:

  • (n.) A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.
  • (n.) A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.
  • (n.) A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.
  • (n.) A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.
  • (n.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
  • (n.) 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.

Compare vesicle with other words:

versicle vs. vesicle

vehicle vs. vesicle

subzonal vs. vesicle

vesicle vs. vesicula

fusome vs. vesicle

papule vs. vesicle

nucleus vs. vesicle

vesicle vs. vesicular

planula vs. vesicle

ringworm vs. vesicle

bulla vs. vesicle

vesicle vs. vesiculation

vesication vs. vesicle

vesica vs. vesicle

serum vs. vesicle

blister vs. vesicle

cyst vs. vesicle

sac vs. vesicle

cell vs. vesicle

membrane vs. vesicle

cytoplasm vs. vesicle

vacuole vs. vesicle

bleb vs. vesicle

acephalocyst vs. vesicle