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vesical

Relating to the urinary bladder.

VES-ih-kul adjective

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What it means

An anatomy word for things that belong to the bladderBLAD-erThe hollow, stretchy organ in the lower belly that stores urine until it leaves the body.cyst/o bladder (as in cystitis)Full entry . The vesical arteries supply the bladder, and a vesicovaginal fistula is an abnormal passage between the bladder and the vagina. It sounds like vesicleVES-ih-kulA small, raised blister on the skin filled with clear fluid, less than 1 cm across.Full entry but means something different.

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Spanishvesical

Easy to confuse with

vesicle

A small, raised blister on the skin filled with clear fluid, less than 1 cm across.

Related terms

bladder

The hollow, stretchy organ in the lower belly that stores urine until it leaves the body.

urinary

Having to do with urine or with the organs that make, store and pass urine.

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