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noun
A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as:
A small sac filled with juice, one of many constituting the pulp of a fruit such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as:
A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as:
A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
(usually and especially) Such a blister that is less than 5 mm in diameter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: vesicula
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noun
A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cyst
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Broader terms: sac
Narrower terms: lacrimal sac, tear sac, dacryocyst, Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome, blister, bulla, bleb, follicle, liposome
History
From Middle French vesicule, from Latin vēsīcula. By surface analysis, vesic- + -le. Doublet of vesicule.
Across languages
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
