vesIcle

[Lat. vesicula, dim in. from vesica =a blister, a bladder; Fr. vésicule.] 1. Anat .: Any sac, cyst, or receptacle, like a little bladder. Used spec. of the umbilical and seminal vesicles. 2. Botany : (1) A small cell or bladder. It is by an infinite number of such ve els that cellular ti ue is built up. [GERMINAL-VESICLE, PRIMORDIAL-UTRICLE Or VESSEL.] (2) Any hollow excrescence like a bladder. Spec. (a) An inflation of the thallus of Algals filled with air, by which they are enabled to float; (b) a petiole dilated by air, which floats the leaves of a plant, as in Trapa natans and Pontederia cra ipes . (De Candolle.) 3. Pathol.: A slight elevation of the epidermis containing a serous fluid, generally transparent, but occasionally opaque or sero-purulent. (VESICULA.] věs-1-co-, pref. [Lat. vesica=the urinary blad der.] Anat., .: Pertaining to the bladder. vesico-prostatic, a. IMG:content-0478.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] vesper -hymn, . Sicilian Vespers : [SICILIAN-VESPERS.] *věs-per-al, adj . [Eng. vesper ; al.] Vesper, evening.