A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Vesica,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. vesica: a bladder, q.v., in the body of animals, the urinary bladder [or the gall bladder]; anything made of or resembling a bladder, e.g. a purse, q.v.; a bladder-like tumor, blister' (Lewis & Short); “the bladder (in men or animals); an animal’s bladder removed and put to various uses; inflated to form a balloon; as a container for liquids; a bladder-like swelling, a blister, cyst, etc.” (Glare).

Lithotomia,-ae (s.f.I) vesicae, surgical removal of a stone from the urinary bladder (Wilhelm Fabricius Hildanus) book published 1640; see lithotomos,-i (s.m.II).

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