vesicle
pronunciation
How to pronounce vesicle in British English:
UK [ˈvesɪkl]
How to pronounce vesicle in American English:
US [ˈvɛsɪkəl]
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- Noun:
- a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
Word Origin
- vesicle (n.)
- "small, bladder-like structure," early 15c., from Middle French vesicule, from Latin vesicula "little blister," diminutive of vesica "bladder, blister" (see ventral).
Example
- 1. Regulation mechanism of seminal vesicle autoantigen on mouse sperm .
- 2. Genetically engineered blockade of vesicle recycling in these cells abbreviates memory as in the amnesiac mutant .
- 3. Dynamic changes of germinal vesicle chromatin configuration and transcriptional activity during maturation of rabbit follicles .
- 4. Experimental study on the influence upon rat 's sexual function after seminal vesicle was excised .
- 5. The shanghai seminal vesicle calculus family hospital is good , seminal vesicle calculus best cures method .