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vesica

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun vesica has 1 sense

vesica(n = noun.body) bladder - a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas); Array

has particulars: gall bladder, gallbladder, urinary bladder

is a kind of sac

Derived form adjective vesical₁

CIDE DICTIONARY

vesica, n. [L.].

A bladder. [1913 Webster]

Vesica piscis. [L., fish bladder.] (Eccl. Art) A glory, or aureole, of oval shape, or composed of two arcs of circles usually represented as surrounding a divine personage. More rarely, an oval composed of two arcs not representing a glory; a solid oval, etc.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vesica, n.
1 Anat. & Zool. a bladder, esp. the urinary bladder.
2 (in full vesica piscis or piscium) Art a pointed oval used as an aureole in medieval sculpture and painting.

Derivative

vesical adj.

Etymology

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