vesicle

IPA: vˈɛzɪkʌɫ

(cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
A small bladder-like cell or cavity, as:
(botany) A small sac filled with juice, one of many constituting the pulp of a fruit such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
(biology, medicine) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
(biology, medicine) (usually and especially) Such a blister that is less than 5 mm in diameter.
(anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
(geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.

Examples of "vesicle" in Sentences

Vesicle formation and transport.
Acantholysis in a sample of a skin vesicle.
And the last organelle in the cytoplasm are vesicles.
It is present in the plasma membrane and intracellular vesicles.
Some of the vesicles are trapped when the magma chills and solidifies.
The vesicle becomes pear shaped, and the neck of the flask is obliterated.
The juicy pulp filling the segments is usually referred to as juice vesicles.
The light chain is able to cleave endocytotic vesicles and reach the cytoplasm.
As a vesicle invaginates, dynamin forms a spiral around the neck of the vesicle.
The ultra microscopical vesicles filled with air in all probability give rise to the opalescence which is so marked a property of the substance.