vesicle

Noun
  1. A small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) (synset 105525229)
    is a type of: sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animal
    subtypes:
    • dacryocyst, lacrimal sac, tear sac - either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands
    • dictyosome, golgi apparatus, golgi body, golgi complex - a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
    • bleb, blister, bulla - (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
    • follicle - any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
    • liposome - an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector
    same as: cyst

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