vesicle

Meaning

Noun

• A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
• A small bladder-like cell or cavity; a vesicula.
• A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
• A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
• A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.

Origin

• From Middle French vesicule, from Latin vēsīcula.