vesicular
adjective
ve·sic·u·lar
və-ˈsi-kyə-lər 
ve-
1
: containing, composed of, or characterized by vesicles
vesicular lava
2
: having the form or structure of a vesicle
3
: of or relating to vesicles
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The color of the glass is a pale bottle green, and the material is extremely vesicular, with the size of the bubbles ranging to nearly the full thickness of the specimen.
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David Bressan, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Vesicles: Next, these papular lesions become vesicular, or filled with clear fluid.
—Claire Wolters, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2024
One traveler also had uncertified pork products that could have introduced African swine fever and swine vesicular disease to the U.S., officials said.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2023
Lesions can stay in the vesicular stage for up to two days.3 Stage 4: Pustules Once the clear fluid inside the vesicles turns opaque, the lesions have reached the pustular stage.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 21 June 2023
EVs, including nanometre-size exosomes and submicron-size microvesicles, are membraneenclosed vesicular compartments that transport proteins, lipids and miRNAs in the extracellular environment.
—Chao Yan, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
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David Bressan, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Vesicles: Next, these papular lesions become vesicular, or filled with clear fluid.
—Claire Wolters, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2024
One traveler also had uncertified pork products that could have introduced African swine fever and swine vesicular disease to the U.S., officials said.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2023
Lesions can stay in the vesicular stage for up to two days.3 Stage 4: Pustules Once the clear fluid inside the vesicles turns opaque, the lesions have reached the pustular stage.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 21 June 2023
EVs, including nanometre-size exosomes and submicron-size microvesicles, are membraneenclosed vesicular compartments that transport proteins, lipids and miRNAs in the extracellular environment.
—Chao Yan, Scientific American, 17 June 2020
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vesicular
adjective
ve·sic·u·lar
və-ˈsik-yə-lər, ve-
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