vesica

Meaning

1. A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
2. The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting.

Synonyms

bladder

vesicle

blister

bubble

bulla

gallbladder

cystis urinaria

urocyst

urocystis

vesica urinaria

bleb

Translations

κύστη

vessie

vescica

bexiga

vejiga

vésicule

vesícula

Blase

Bläschen

bufeta

ασκός

veixiga

kleine Blase

vescicola

Vesikel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɛsɪkə/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).