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VESICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vesication mean? 

VESICATION (noun)
  The noun VESICATION has 1 sense:

1. the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skinplay

  Familiarity information: VESICATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VESICATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

blistering; vesication; vesiculation

Hypernyms ("vesication" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Derivation:

vesicate (get blistered)


 Context examples 


A first degree burn is associated with redness, a second degree burn with vesication and a third degree burn with necrosis through the entire skin.

(Burn, Food and Drug Administration)



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