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vesicle

Syllables: ves·i·cle/ˈvɛsɪkəl/

vesicle noun: a membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.

vesicle: a membrane-bound compartment found in a cell
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Noun

vesicle (plural vesicles)

  1. A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
  2. A small sac filled with juice, one of many constituting the pulp of a fruit such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
  3. A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
  4. (usually and especially) Such a blister that is less than 5 mm in diameter.
    Synonyms:
    vesicula
  5. A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
  6. A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
    • It frequently contains holes, or vesicles, especially nearer the surface of a flow where gas has escaped.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51

vesicle meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

vesicle in Tamil

கொப்புளம், நீர்க்கோர்த்த, குடுவை, குமிழி, பிலம், நீர்மக் கொப்புளம்

vesicle in Urdu

آبلہ, چھالا, حبابہ, پھپھولا, پھکنا, پھلکا

vesicle in Bengali

vesicle, pimple, pustule
ফুসকুড়ি phuśkuṛi

vesicle in Kannada

ಬೊಬ್ಬೆ, ಹೊಪ್ಪಳ
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vesicle in Vietnamese
túi, bọng

Examples of vesicle in a sentence

  • Vesicobullous diseases are characterised by the presence of vesicles or bullae at varying locations in the mucosa.
  • Interactions of vesicles with the neurosynapse membrane occur when the calcium level inside the cell changes.
  • First, we demonstrate the presence of small postsynaptic vesicles and characterize their size and intrasynaptic localization.

All 20 example sentences with vesicle

Synonyms of vesicle

Forms of vesicle

pluralvesicles

Origin of vesicle

From Middle French vesicule, from Latin vēsīcula. By surface analysis, vesic- + -le. Doublet of vesicule.

Words formed from vesicle

Questions about vesicle

What does vesicle mean?
Vesicle means a membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
What is vesicle in Tamil?
Vesicle in Tamil is கொப்புளம், நீர்க்கோர்த்த, குடுவை. See Vesicle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vesicle?
Vesicle is a noun.
How do you pronounce vesicle?
Vesicle is pronounced /ˈvɛsɪkəl/.
What is the plural of vesicle?
The plural of vesicle is vesicles.

Words near vesicle in the dictionary

  1. vesicating
  2. vesication
  3. vesications
  4. vesicatories
  5. vesicatory
  6. vesicle
  7. vesicles
  8. vesico-
  9. vesicoabdominal
  10. vesicoanal
  11. vesicoappendiceal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vesicle (page history and authors); vesicle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vesicle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ফুসকুড়ি (Bengali) (page history and authors); vesicle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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