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vesicle

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vesicle

Small sac containing liquid. It is the medical term for a blister or elevation of the outer layer of the skin (epidermis) containing serous fluid. In cell biology, it is also used to describe certain temporary membrane-enclosed compartments, for example in the Golgi apparatus.



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Nevertheless all living things have much in common, in their chemical composition, their germinal vesicles, their cellular structure, and their laws of growth and reproduction.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
These clouds, or blushes as they may be called, are said to be produced by the alternate expansion and contraction of minute vesicles containing variously coloured fluids.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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