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to vesiculate

to vesiculate

9.9
To form small pockets filled with fluid in tissue
  • verb
  • /vɛˈsɪkjʊˌleɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : vesicular
  • The researchers observed that heating could vesiculate the mineral samples, forming numerous air pockets.

Examples

  • The treatment can vesiculate the tissue, creating small fluid-filled spaces.

  • Certain bacteria may vesiculate cell membranes during infection.

  • The heat can vesiculate the material.

  • The process will vesiculate the liquid.

  • Heating the rubber can vesiculate it, resulting in small air pockets forming within.

  • The chemical reaction will vesiculate the mixture, causing tiny bubbles to develop.

  • When the foam is exposed to heat, it starts to vesiculate and expand as air cells form.

Synonyms

to cavitate
vsto vesiculate
  • Specialized
1 8.8

To make bubbles in a liquid when pressure drops suddenly

forms small air filled cavities in tissues or materials without high pressure
to vesicate
vsto vesiculate
  • Specialized
9.9

To make blisters appear on the skin

forms small air filled cavities generally and not limited to skin

Surface Forms

vesiculate infinitive
vesiculated past
vesiculated past participle
vesiculating present participle
vesiculates third person singular

Morphology

vesiculate = vesicle (transparent) = vesicle + ate

Formed by the productive verb-forming suffix '-ate' on 'vesicle', so 'to form/produce vesicles' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Vesiculate comes from the Latin vesica, meaning 'bladder' or 'blister', and is the same root as vesicle. That's why to vesiculate is to form tiny 'blisters' or 'bubbles', making small cavities or fluid-filled spaces.