01 n. A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.
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A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.
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A small bladderlike body in the substance of a vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.(Bot.)
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A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.(Med.)
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A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.(Anat.)
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A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.(Zool.)
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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.(Geol.)