🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

小胞状の

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shōhōjō no

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vesicular/vəˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その火成岩は小胞状のテクスチャーを示している。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to, composed of, or characterized by small bladder-like structures, sacs, or vesicles.

    "The physician examined the patient for vesicular rashes on the skin."
  2. 2

    Pertaining to or containing small cavities or pores, particularly in volcanic rocks formed by trapped gas bubbles.

    "The basalt sample exhibited a distinct vesicular texture resulting from ancient gas expansion."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin 'vesicularis', stemming from Latin 'vesicula' (meaning 'little bladder' or 'blister'), which is a diminutive of 'vesica' (bladder). Entering medical and geological English in the 19th century, it initially described cellular structures and expanded to denote blister-like formations in biology and porous gas cavities in volcanic rocks.

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