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What is a vesicle?

What is a vesicle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
  2. A small bladder-like cell or cavity; a vesicula.
  3. (anatomy) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
  4. (anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
  5. (geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
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The diagnosis is emended to include the internal nature of the processes, and the relationship of the processes to the vesicle interior.
In flowering plant pollen tubes, caffeine disrupts vesicle zonation at the tip and stops elongation.
Porcelaneous datolite occurred in the amygdaloidal lodes as veins, vesicle filling, and nodules.
Synaptic nerve terminals and neuroendocrine cells rely on continuous vesicle cycling to support sustained exocytosis and transmitter release.
Wild-type conidiophores are radially symmetrical and consist of a stalk with a single vesicle from which multiple primary sterigmata bud.
The stability of an aggregate will depend on the number of vesicles in the aggregate and on the energy per vesicle.

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