English Explanatory Dictionary

vesicle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
  2. A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as:
  3. A small sac filled with juice, one of many constituting the pulp of a fruit such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
  4. A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
  5. (usually and especially) Such a blister that is less than 5 mm in diameter.
  6. A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
  7. A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɛsɪkəl/ /ˈviːsɪkəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-vesicle.wav

Word forms

vesicle vesicles

Etymology

From Middle French vesicule, from Latin vēsīcula. By surface analysis, vesic- + -le. Doublet of vesicule.

Synonyms

vesicula

Related words

vesica vesication vesicula vesicular vesiculation

Derived words

macrovesicle microvesicle minivesicle nanovesicle neurovesicle seminal vesicle transport vesicle tubulovesicle vesicular

Translations

Bulgarian: меху́рче Bulgarian: торби́чка Bulgarian: ки́ста Catalan: vesícula Dutch: blaasje Dutch: vesikel Finnish: rakkula Finnish: rakko German: Blase Greek: κυστίδιο Hungarian: hólyag Hungarian: hólyagocska Hungarian: hólyagcsa Hungarian: vízhólyag Ido: veziketo Irish: cloigín Romanian: veziculă Japanese: 水疱
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