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very-light | vesalius | vesbium | vese | vesey | vesica | vesical | vesical vein | vesicant | vesicaria | vesicate

vesica

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Noun
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ves=i=ca

CIDE DICTIONARY

vesican. [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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