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vesicular |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vesicular \Ve*sic"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. v['e]siculaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs. 2. Containing, or composed of vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf. 3. Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as a vesicular body. {Vesicular column} (Anat.), a series of nerve cells forming one of the tracts distinguished in the spinal; -- also called the {ganglionic column}. {Vesicular emphysema} (Med.), emphysema of the lungs, in which the air vesicles are distended and their walls ruptured. {Vesicular murmur} (Med.), the sound, audible on auscultation of the chest, made by the air entering and leaving the air vesicles of the lungs in respiration. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vesicular adj : of or relating to or involving vesicles; "normal vesicular breathing"
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