vesicle (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *vesicle*:
NOUN	body	vesicle, cyst	a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)

vesicle > pronunciation
Sounds	veh'zihkahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *vesicle*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	A small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid).
Synonym	cyst
Narrower	Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome	A netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
	blister, bulla, bleb	(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
	follicle	Any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
	lacrimal sac, tear sac, dacryocyst	Either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands
	liposome	An artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged
Broader	sac	A structure resembling a bag in an animal
Spanish	quiste, vesícula
Catalan	vesícula
Adjectives	vesicular	of or relating to or involving vesicles

HyperDic: vesicle