vesicular

vesicular /ve·sic·u·lar/ (vĕ-sik´u-ler)

1. composed of or relating to small, saclike bodies.

2. pertaining to or made up of vesicles on the skin.

3. having a low pitch, such as the normal breath sound over the lung during ventilation.

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ve·sic·u·lar (v-sky-lr)

adj.

1. Of or relating to vesicles.

2. Composed of or containing vesicles.

3. Having the form of a vesicle.

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vesicular

[vesik′yələr]

pertaining to a blisterlike condition.

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vesicular

1. composed of or relating to small, saclike bodies.

2. pertaining to or made up of vesicles on the skin.

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avian vesicular dermatitis

vesicles on the skin of the feet and toes and occasionally on the head, on all birds; caused usually by photosensitization.

vesicular disease

a group of diseases of cloven-footed animals of major importance because of their high infectivity. See foot-and-mouth disease, vesicular stomatitis and vesicular exanthema of swine (below), swine vesicular disease, poisoning by the mushroom amanita.

vesicular emphysema

see alveolar emphysema.

vesicular exanthema of swine

an acute febrile disease caused by a calicivirus, genus Vesivirus. The clinical syndrome is one of vesicular stomatitis, with lesions occurring also on the coronets. The disease only ever appeared in the USA and was eradicated from that country in 1959.

vesicular gland

an accessory sex gland in ruminants, the counterpart of the seminal vesicle in the stallion but glandular instead of cystic. Consists of a much-coiled tube that exits at the seminal colliculus in the urethra.

vesicular murmur, vesicular sounds

the soft, sibilant sounds heard by stethoscopic auscultation over the lung parenchyma. They are caused by air moving in and out of the alveoli and terminal bronchioles and are an expression of normality of the lung tissue. Called also vesicular murmur.

porcine idiopathic vesicular disease

see porcine parvovirus.

vesicular stomatitis (VS)

an infectious disease of horses, cattle and pigs caused by a vesiculovirus transmitted by mosquitoes and biting flies. The clinical syndrome is one of vesicular stomatitis but lesions can occur on the udder and coronets.

Ruptured vesicles on the oral mucosa of a calf with vesicular stomatitis infection. By permission from Blowey RW, Weaver AD, Diseases and Disorders of Cattle, Mosby, 1997

swine vesicular disease

see swine vesicular disease.

vesicular vaginitis

see infectious pustular vulvovaginitis.

vesicular venereal disease

see infectious pustular vulvovaginitis.

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vesicular

adjective Referring to a vesicle or blisters