Vesicular
(Ve*sic"u*lar) a. [Cf. F. vésiculaire.]
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.
Vesicularia
(||Ve*sic`u*la"ri*a) n. [NL. See Vesicle.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine
Bryozoa belonging to Vesicularia and allied genera. They have delicate tubular cells attached in clusters
to slender flexible stems.
Vesiculata
(||Ve*sic`u*la"ta) n. pl. [NL. See Vesicle.] (Zoöl.) The campanularian medusæ.
Vesiculate
(Ve*sic"u*late) a. Bladdery; full of, or covered with, bladders; vesicular.
Vesiculate
(Ve*sic"u*late) v. t. To form vesicles in, as lava.
Vesiculation
(Ve*sic`u*la"tion) n. (Geol.) The state of containing vesicles, or the process by which
vesicles are formed.
Vesiculose
(Ve*sic"u*lose` Ve*sic"u*lous) a. [L. vesiculosus: cf. F. vésiculeux.] Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed
of vesicles; covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose shell.
Vespa
(||Ves"pa) n. [L., wasp.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets.
Vesper
(Ves"per) n. [L., the evening, the evening star, the west; akin to Gr. and perhaps to E. west. Cf.
Hesperian, Vespers.] The evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the evening.
Shak.
Vesper
(Ves"per), a. Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn;
vesper bells.
Vesper sparrow, the grass finch. See under Grass.
