'Vesicle' definitions:
Definition of 'vesicle'
From: WordNet
noun
A small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) [syn: vesicle, cyst]
Definition of 'Vesicle'
From: GCIDE
- Vesicle \Ves"i*cle\, n. [L. vesicula, dim. of vesica a bladder, blister; akin to Skr. vasti bladder: cf. F. v['e]sicule.] A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) (Bot.) A small bladderlike body in the substance of a vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf. [1913 Webster] (b) (Med.) A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid. [1913 Webster] (c) (Anat.) A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle. [1913 Webster] (d) (Zool.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral. [1913 Webster] (e) (Geol.) A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vesicle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air bubble,
- balloon,
- bilge,
- birthmark,
- blackhead,
- bladder,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blemish,
- blister,
- blob,
- blood blister,
- boss,
- bow,
- bubble,
- bulb,
- bulge,
- bulla,
- bump,
- bunch,
- burl,
- button,
- cahot,
- check,
- chine,
- cicatrix,
- clump,
- comedo,
- condyle,
- convex,
- crack,
- crater,
- craze,
- defacement,
- defect,
- deformation,
- deformity,
- disfiguration,
- disfigurement,
- distortion,
- dowel,
- ear,
- fault,
- fever blister,
- flange,
- flap,
- flaw,
- freckle,
- gall,
- globule,
- gnarl,
- handle,
- hemangioma,
- hickey,
- hill,
- hump,
- hunch,
- jog,
- joggle,
- keloid,
- kink,
- knob,
- knot,
- knur,
- knurl,
- lentigo,
- lip,
- loop,
- lump,
- milium,
- mole,
- mountain,
- needle scar,
- nevus,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nubble,
- papilloma,
- peg,
- pimple,
- pit,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- port-wine mark,
- port-wine stain,
- pustule,
- rib,
- ridge,
- rift,
- ring,
- scab,
- scar,
- scratch,
- sebaceous cyst,
- shoulder,
- soap bubble,
- spine,
- split,
- strawberry mark,
- stud,
- sty,
- style,
- tab,
- track,
- tubercle,
- tubercule,
- twist,
- verruca,
- wale,
- warp,
- wart,
- weal,
- welt,
- wen,
- whitehead