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Definitions of vesicle
  1. noun
    a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)

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Definition that contains vesicle
  • festering (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
  • blistering the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
  • chickenpox an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body
  • maturation (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
  • vesiculitis inflammation of a seminal vesicle (usually in conjunction with prostatitis)
  • varicella an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body
  • liposome an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector
  • ejaculatory duct a part of the seminal duct formed by the duct from the seminal vesicle and the vas deferens; passes through the prostate gland
  • malignant pustule a form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxins; symptoms of septicemia are severe with vomiting and high fever and profuse sweating; the infection is often fatal
  • variolation the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox
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