Category:Vesicular

Ve*sic"u*lar, a. Etym: [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.

2. Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; Covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, vesicular coral; Vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf.

3. Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular body. Vesicular column (anat.), a series of nerve cells forming one of the Tracts distinguished in the spinal; -- 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.