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vesicular

vesicular

1 8.5
Having small blisters filled with fluid in body tissue
  • adjective
  • /vəˈsɪkjələr/
  • Specialized
translation icon : vesicular
  • The patient had vesicular lesions on his skin, which indicated a viral infection.
  • vesicular stomatitis
  • vesicular lesions
  • vesicular disease

Examples

  • Her body is covered with the fine red vesicular rash of end-stage Motaba.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Large vesicular tumor cell nuclei were also seen with prominent eosinophilic nuclei.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The mummy had vesicular cutaneous lesions distributed in a pattern characteristic of smallpox.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The patient had to have one or more papular, vesicular, or crusted lesions for a clinical diagnosis of recurrence.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The encoded protein is an abundant integral membrane protein of cholinergic synaptic vesicles and is thought to be involved in vesicular transport.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The mummy had vesicular cutaneous lesions that were characteristic of smallpox.

  • In scoria or vesicular basalt, the bubbles are larger, often resembling pea-sized pockets.

Synonyms

vacuolar
vsvesicular
  • Specialized
8.1

Relating to small bags inside a cell that store water or food

is broader, used across biological and medical contexts rather than only cells
vacuolated
vsvesicular
  • Specialized
9.9

Having small spaces filled with fluid inside cells

is the general relation to such cavities rather than the resulting formed state

Compounds

vesicular stomatitis
  • Specialized
8.9

A viral illness in animals like horses and cows that makes blisters in the mouth and on the skin

Surface Forms

vesicular positive

Morphology

vesicular = vesicle (transparent) = vesicle + ar

The word 'vesicular' is transparently derived from 'vesicle' with the suffix '-ar' indicating 'relating to'.

Etymology

Vesicular comes from the Latin vesicula, which means 'little bladder' and is related to vesica, 'bladder'. So, vesicular describes something with small sac- or blister-like parts in the body, like tiny bubbles in the lungs or blisters on the skin.