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Vesicle   /vˈɛzɪkəl/   Listen
Vesicle

noun
1.
A small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid).  Synonym: cyst.



Related searches:
seminal vesicle
umbilical vesicle


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"Vesicle" Quotes from Famous Books



... the rupture of a naked cell, and we conclude that its chief function is to prevent such turgescence in unprotected naked cells. It fulfils also respiratory and renal functions, and is comparable, physiologically, to the contractile vesicle or bladder of Rotifers and Turbellarians. In many species it is part of a complex of canals ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 - "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" • Various


Words linked to "Vesicle" :   bulla, umbilical vesicle, tear sac, dacryocyst, Golgi apparatus, liposome, Golgi complex, sac, lacrimal sac, dictyosome, bleb, follicle, blister, Golgi body


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