the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The state of containing vesicles, or the process by which vesicles are formed.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The formation of vesicles; vesication; a number of vesicles or blebs, as of the skin in some diseases; also, a vesicular or bladdery condition; inflation.
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n. the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
Word Usage
"With a common designation these diseases are called spongioform encephalopathies because of the vesiculation that occurs in brain cells showing pathologic changes."