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vesica::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bladder |
| Type of | sac |
| Has types | gall bladder, gallbladder, urinary bladder |
| Derivation | vesical |
Examples of vesica
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These are each surmounted by double mouchettes and vesica piscis windows.
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Vesica seems low-priced and may be hard to find in some areas.
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The seal used by the university shows the medieval statue of the Sedes Sapientiae, Leuven, in a vesica piscis shape.
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The aureola, when enveloping the whole body, generally appears oval or elliptical in form, but occasionally depicted as circular, vesica piscis, or quatrefoil.
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Otherwise there could be said to be an excess of words that could refer to either a head-disk or a full-body halo, and no word that clearly denotes a full-body halo that is not vesica piscis shaped.
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- Bladder: a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)
- A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder; The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting
- Sling procedure, a minimally invasive (reduced operative risk and a shorter recovery phase) surgery, involves the placement of a sling to support the bladder neck, urethra and sphincter.
- Refers to a decorative, pointed oval design cut into a glass piece.
- Latin = bladder, adjective - vesical.
- Oval with pointed ends.
