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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
2. 2
   a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) wordnet
3. 3
   The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting.

Synonyms

All synonyms

anatomybladderbladderbotanycapsulehalo

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

Related phrases

vesica biliarisvesica felleavesica piscisvesica urinariagall bladderurinary bladdervesica piscis

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