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VESICA
bladder, vesica
(noun) a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vesica (plural vesicae)
(anatomy) A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
(arts) The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting.
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• cavies
Source: Wiktionary
Ve*si"ca, n. Etym: [L.]
Definition: A bladder. Vesica piscis. Etym: [L., dish 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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