Definition of Vesica. Meaning of Vesica. Synonyms of Vesica

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Definition of Vesica

Vesica
Vesica Ve*si"ca, n. [L.] A bladder. Vesica piscis. [L., dish bladder.] (Eccl. Art) A glory, or aureole, of oval shape, or composed of two arcs of circles usually represented as surrounding a divine personage. More rarely, an oval composed of two arcs not representing a glory; a solid oval, etc.

Meaning of Vesica from wikipedia

- The vesica piscis is a type of lens, a mathematical shape formed by the intersection of two disks with the same radius, intersecting in such a way that...
- Cystic vein Nerve Celiac ganglia, vagus nerve Identifiers Latin vesica biliaris, vesica fellea MeSH D005704 TA98 A05.8.02.001 TA2 3081 FMA 7202 Anatomical...
- Look up vesica in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vesica (pl.: vesicae) is Latin for "bladder", may refer to: Vesica, mainly used for the urinary bladder...
- but can hold considerably more. The Latin phrase for "urinary bladder" is vesica urinaria, and the term vesical or prefix vesico- appear in connection with...
- Olivancillaria vesica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. O. vesica can be found in the waters off...
- surrounds the totality of an iconographic figure. It is usually synonymous with vesica, a lens shape. Mandorlas often surround the figures of Jesus Christ and...
- on circles centered on triangles (with the simple, two circle form named vesica piscis) or on the square lattice pattern of points. Patterns of seven overlapping...
- in 1919. The two interlocking circles constitute the symbol known as the Vesica Piscis. In the well lid design, a spear or a sword bisects these two circles...
- Remaining abbreviations, in alphabetical order, are: AG, glandula analis; B, vesica urinaria; CG, glandula Cowperi; CP, corpus ****; CS, corpus spongiosum;...
- their intersection. The lens shape formed by such an intersection is called vesica piscis when two same-radius circles overlap, with the center of each lying...