Ve*sic"u*lar (?), a. [Cf. F.
vésiculaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to
vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the
lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the
air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs.
2. Containing, or composed of, vesicles or
vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as,
vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular
leaf.
3. Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a
vesicular body.
Vesicular column (Anat.), a series of nerve
cells forming one of the tracts distinguished in the spinal; -- also called
the ganglionic column. -- Vesicular emphysema
(Med.), emphysema of the lungs, in which the air vesicles are
distended and their walls ruptured. -- Vesicular
murmur (Med.), the sound, audible on auscultation of
the chest, made by the air entering and leaving the air vesicles of the
lungs in respiration.
Ve*sic"u*lar (?), a. [Cf. F.
vésiculaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to
vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the
lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the
air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs.
2. Containing, or composed of, vesicles or
vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as,
vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular
leaf.
3. Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a
vesicular body.
Vesicular column (Anat.), a series of nerve
cells forming one of the tracts distinguished in the spinal; -- also called
the ganglionic column. -- Vesicular emphysema
(Med.), emphysema of the lungs, in which the air vesicles are
distended and their walls ruptured. -- Vesicular
murmur (Med.), the sound, audible on auscultation of
the chest, made by the air entering and leaving the air vesicles of the
lungs in respiration.