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(ves’ik-at-or-e) [L. vesica’re to blister]. Causing vesication; blistering. vesicle (ves’ik-1) [L. vesic’ula, dim. of vesi’ca bladder]. 1. A small bladder or sac containing liquid. 2. A small blister; a small circumscribed elevation of the epidermis containing a serous liquid. acoustic v., auditory vesicle. air-v., an air-cell, vacuole, or "saccule of the lung ti ue. allantoic v., the internal hollow portion of the allantois. archoplasmic v., a sac developed from the attraction sphere of a spermatid and growing into the sheath of the tail of the spermatozoin. Ascherson’s v's, small vesicles formed by shaking together oil and liquid albumin. They consist of drops of oil inclosed in a layer of albumin. auditory v., the epiblastic expansion which becomes the membranous labyrinth. Baer’s v., the ovule. blastodermic v., the sac formed by the hlastoderm. See blastoderm. cephalic v., cerebral v., the embryonic expansion of the neural canal whence the brain is formed. compound v., a vesicle on the skin containing more than one chamber. encephalic v’s, the cerebral vesicles. germinal v., the nucleus of an ovum. aafian v., the structure which holds the ovum while still within the ovary. lens-v., a vesicle formed from the lens-pit of the embryo and developing into the stalline lens. Called also: lens-sac. pig hi’s v’s, the alveoli of the lungs. Naboth’s v's. See Naboth's follicles, under follicle. ocular v. Same as optic v. olfactory v., the vesicle in the embryo which later forms the olfactory bulb and tract. ophthalmic v. Same as ocular v. optic v., a proce of the cerebral vesicle whence the percipient parts of the eye are formed. otic v. See auditory ». pituitary Strict insanity with 1074