Vesica
/ˈvɛsɪkə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
- 2 a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) wordnet
- 3 The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).