Definition of "vesica" []

• A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gallbladder. (noun)

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• "In Latin the mandorla is called the vesica piscis, or fish bladder, another oval shape."
• "Of course, this device is properly called the vesica everter."
• "The statues are arranged in five horizontal lines from north to south, exclusive of the figure in the "vesica," the oval above."