Vesical
(Ves"i*cal) a. [L. vesica bladder.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder. Dunglison.
Vesicant
(Ves"i*cant) n. [L. vesica blister: cf. F. vésicant.] (Med.) A vesicatory.
Vesicate
(Ves"i*cate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vesicated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesicating.] [See Vesicant.]
(Med.) To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister. Wiseman.
Vesication
(Ves`i*ca"tion) n. [Cf. F. vésication.] (Med.) The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters.
Vesicatory
(Ves"i*ca*to*ry) a. [Cf. F. vésicatoire.] (Med.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister.
— n. A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.
Vesicle
(Ves"i*cle) n. [L. vesicula, dim. of vesica a bladder, blister; akin to Skr. vasti bladder: cf. F.
vésicule.] A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell. Specifically: —
(a) (Bot.) A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.
(b) (Med.) A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.
(c) (Anat.) A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.
(d) (Zoöl.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
(e) (Geol.) 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.
Vesico-
(Ves"i*co-) A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the
bladder; as in vesicoprostatic, vesicovaginal.
Vesicoprostatic
(Ves`i*co*pro*stat"ic) a. (Anat.) Of a pertaining to the bladder and the prostrate gland.
Vesicouterine
(Ves`i*co*u"ter*ine) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus.
Vesicovaginal
(Ves`i*co*vag"i*nal) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the vagina.
Vesicula
(||Ve*sic"u*la) n.; pl. Vesiculæ . [L., dim. of vesica.] (Anat. & Med.) A vesicle.
