'Vesicular' definitions:
Definition of 'vesicular'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to or involving vesicles; "normal vesicular breathing"
Definition of 'Vesicular'
From: GCIDE
- Vesicular \Ve*sic"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. v['e]siculaire.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, a vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular body. [1913 Webster]
- Vesicular column (Anat.), a series of nerve cells forming one of the tracts distinguished in the spinal cord; -- also called the ganglionic column.
- Vesicular emphysema (Med.), emphysema of the lungs, in which the air vesicles are distended and their walls ruptured.
- Vesicular murmur (Med.), the sound, audible on auscultation of the chest, made by the air entering and leaving the air vesicles of the lungs in respiration. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vesicular'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arterial,
- beaten,
- blebby,
- blistered,
- blistering,
- blistery,
- bubbling,
- bubbly,
- burbling,
- burbly,
- camerated,
- capillary,
- capsular,
- carbonated,
- cellular,
- chiffon,
- cystic,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- fizzy,
- locular,
- marsupial,
- puffed,
- saccular,
- siliquose,
- souffle,
- souffleed,
- sparkling,
- spumescent,
- vascular,
- veinous,
- venose,
- venous,
- vesicant,
- vesicated,
- vesicatory,
- whipped