ve·sic·u·lar /vəˈsɪkjəlɚ/
 (a.)小胞的,有小胞的,由小胞組成的


 ve·sic·u·lar /vəˈsɪkjəlɚ, vɛ-/ 形容詞
 囊狀的,泡狀的,水泡的,小水泡音(胸部聽診)


 Ve·sic·u·lar a.
 1. Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs.
 2. Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, a vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf.
 3. Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular body.
 Vesicular column Anat., a series of nerve cells forming one of the tracts distinguished in the spinal cord; -- 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.

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 vesicular
      adj : of or relating to or involving vesicles; "normal vesicular
            breathing"