VESICLE


Meaning of VESICLE in English

noun a bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.

2. vesicle ·noun a small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.

3. vesicle ·noun a cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.

4. vesicle ·noun a small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.

5. vesicle ·noun a small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.

6. vesicle ·noun 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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