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‖ vesicula|vɪˈsɪkjʊlə|
Pl. vesiculæ |-jʊliː|.
[L. vēsīcula a little blister, a vesicle, dim. of vēsīca vesica.]
1. = vesicle 1. Usually in pl.
In Anat. also with defining terms, as vesiculæ seminales.
a. Anat.1715Cheyne Princ. Relig. i. iii. §12 (ed. 2) 134 Spiral Threads, which divide these hollow Fibrils into so many elastick Cystes and Vesiculæ. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Lungs, A Stone-Cutter, the Vesiculæ of whose Lungs were..stuffed with Dust. 1771Encycl. Brit. I. 282/2 The thoracic duct..terminates in some subjects by a kind of vesicula. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 380/2 (Bladder), Towards the vesiculæ it [the cellular coat] is dense and white, and supports a number of veins. 1849–52Ibid. IV. ii. 1431/1 The difficulty of proving the identity of sacs called vesiculæ in other animals.
b. Bot.1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Vegetation, These Seed-Leaves consist of a great Number of little Vesiculæ, or Bladders. 1832Lindley Introd. Bot. 207 Vesiculæ, inflations of the thallus, filled with air, by means of which the plants are enabled to float.
c. Physics.1713Derham Phys.-Theol. i. iii. 22 note, Vapours being..no other than inflated Vesiculæ of Water.
2. Path. = vesicle 3.
1876Duhring Dis. Skin 43 Vesiculæ are circumscribed, rounded elevations of the epidermis. varying in size from a pin-point to a split-pea, containing a clear serous fluid. |