vesicle
English
A single juice vesicle from a grapefruit; many such vesicles make up the fruit's pulp.
Etymology
From Middle French vesicule, from Latin vēsīcula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛsɪkəl/, /ˈviːsɪkəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ves‧i‧cle
- Homophone: vesical (for some pronunciations)
Noun
vesicle (plural vesicles)
- (cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
- A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as:
- (botany) A small sac filled with juice, one of many constituting the pulp of a fruit such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
- Coordinate term: acinus
- (biology, medicine) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
- (biology, medicine) (usually and especially) Such a blister that is less than 5 mm in diameter.
- Synonym: vesicula
- Coordinate term: bulla
- (biology, medicine) (usually and especially) Such a blister that is less than 5 mm in diameter.
- (botany) A small sac filled with juice, one of many constituting the pulp of a fruit such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
- (anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
- Coordinate term: germ
- (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.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 51:
Derived terms
- macrovesicle
- microvesicle
- minivesicle
- nanovesicle
- neurovesicle
- seminal vesicle
- transport vesicle
- tubulovesicle
- vesicular
Related terms
- vesica
- vesication
- vesicula
- vesicular
- vesiculation
Translations
cytology: membrane-bound compartment
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small bladderlike cell or cavity
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anatomy: small sac or cyst
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anatomy: pocket of embryonic tissue
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geology: small cavity
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