VESICULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vesicular mean? 

• VESICULAR (adjective)
  The adjective VESICULAR has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or involving vesicles

  Familiarity information: VESICULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VESICULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or involving vesicles

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

normal vesicular breathing

Pertainym:

vesicle (a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid))

 Context examples 

This protein may be involved in the regulation of vesicular transport.

(Huntingtin, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene may play a role in vesicular transport.

(CHIC2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

DNA repair, signal transduction, vesicular transport and protein degradation are just a few examples.

(FHA Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of large malignant cells with vesicular nuclei, prominent nucleoli, syncytial growth pattern, and a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate.

(Nasopharyngeal Type Undifferentiated Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Once inside the neuron, the light chain is translocated across the vesicular membrane to act as a protease on cytoplasmic substrates.

(Botulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Once inside cancerous cells, the pDox was transported to the area around the nucleus through vesicular transport.

(Injectable nanoparticles deliver cancer therapy in mice, NIH)

It is composed of islands of rounded, oxyphilic, or spindle-shaped cells of medium size, with small vesicular nuclei.

(Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)

The discharge of a secondary oocyte from a vesicular follicle of the ovary.

(Ovulation, NCI Thesaurus)

Fenfluramine, which was part of the Fen-Phen anti-obesity medication, stimulates the release of serotonin from vesicular storage, and modulates serotonin transporter function.

(Fenfluramine, NCI Thesaurus)

It is polygonal, possesses a large, vesicular nucleus and is believed to secrete placental prolactin.

(Decidual Cell, NCI Thesaurus)