| Vesicular | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, a vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular body. [ 1913 Webster ]
Vesicular 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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