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Vesicular
Ve-sic′u-lar
,Adj.
[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 lungs2.
Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate;
as, a
. vesicular
coral; vesicular
lava; a vesicular
leaf3.
Having the form or structure of a vesicle;
as, a
. vesicular
bodyVesicular column
(Anat.)
, a series of nerve cells forming one of the tracts distinguished in the spinal cord; – 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.