different between vesicle vs vesicula

English

Etymology

From Middle French vesicule, from Latin v?s?cula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?s?k?l/, /?vi?s?k?l/
• Hyphenation: ves?i?cle
• Homophone: vesical (for some pronunciations)

Noun

vesicle (plural vesicles)

1. (cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
2. A small bladder-like cell or cavity; a vesicula.
3. (anatomy) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
4. (anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
5. (geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 51:

     It frequently contains holes, or vesicles, especially nearer the surface of a flow where gas has escaped.

Derived terms

Related terms

• vesica
• vesication
• vesicula
• vesicular
• vesiculation

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?s?cula. Doublet of vesicle.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?

Noun

vesicula (plural vesiculae)

1. (medicine, anatomy) A vesicle (small blister).

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of v?s?ca.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u?e??si?.ku.la/, [u?e??s?i?k???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ve?si.ku.la/, [v??s?i?kul?]

Noun

v?s?cula f (genitive v?s?culae); first declension

1. Little bladder.
2. Blister (which is like a little bladder as a small sac of fluid).

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• vesicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vesicula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vesicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vesicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette