vesico-

vesico-

1. bladder, as:
   1. (usually, especially) urinary bladder.

      Coordinate term: cholecysto- (gallbladder)

2. (loosely, catachrestically) vesiculo-: vesicle (cutaneous or mucosal); blister.

Regarding vesico- versus vesiculo-, the theme described at intravesicular § Usage notes applies.

• vesiculo-

• English terms prefixed with vesico-

• “vesico-”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Vescio, voices

From Latin vēsīca (“bladder”). Doublet of bexiga.

vesico-

1. (anatomy, medicine) vesico- (relating to the urinary bladder)