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*la"ri*a (?), n. [NL. See Vesicle.] (Zoöl.) Any one of
||numerous species of marine Bryozoa belonging to Vesicularia and
||allied genera. They have delicate tubular cells attached in clusters
||to slender flexible stems.
||
||Ve*sic`u*la"ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Vesicle.] (Zoöl.) The
||campanularian medusæ.
||
Ve*sic"u*late (?), a. Bladdery; full of, or covered with, bladders;
vesicular.
Ve*sic"u*late (?), v. t. To form vesicles in, as lava.
Ve*sic`u*la"tion (?), n. (Geol.) The state of containing vesicles, or
the process by which vesicles are formed.
{ Ve*sic"u*lose` (?), Ve*sic"u*lous (?), } a. [L. vesiculosus: cf. F.
vésiculeux.] Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of vesicles;
covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose shell.
||Ves"pa (?), n. [L., wasp.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Hymenoptera including
||the common wasps and hornets.
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Ves"per (?), n. [L., the evening, the evening star, the west; akin to
Gr. &?;, &?;, and perhaps to E. west. Cf. Hesperian, Vespers.] The
evening star; Hesper; Venus, when seen after sunset; hence, the
evening. Shak.
Ves"per, a. Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of
vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells.
Vesper sparrow, the grass finch. See under Grass.