Vesicle

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  • noun. A small enclosed structure or cavity, especially.
  • noun. A membrane-bound structure within a cell in which materials such as enzymes are transported or stored.
  • noun. A sac or cyst, especially one containing fluid.
  • noun. A blister of the skin.
  • noun. A cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Any small bladder-like structure, cavity, cell, or the like, in a body; a membranous or vesicular vessel or cavity; a little sac or cyst. Also vesicule.
  • noun. A minute hollow sphere or bubble of water or other liquid.
  • noun. In petrography, a cavity in lava formed by the expansion of escaping gasbubbles, chiefly of steam.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.
  • noun. A small bladderlike body in the substance of a vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.
  • noun. A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.
  • noun. A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid.
  • noun. A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
  • noun. A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
  • noun. A small bladder-like cell or cavity.
  • noun. A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
  • noun. A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
  • noun. A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
  • Word Usage
    "Inside-outside transitions of phospholipids in vesicle membranes."
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