vesical
/ˈvɛsɪkəl/adjective
vesical is an adjective meaning “Pertaining to the urinary bladder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-S-I-C-A-L, and it appears about once in every 46 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vesical mean?
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the urinary bladder.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:vesical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vesical?
- /ˈvɛsɪkəl/
- /ˈviːsɪkəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vesical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is vesical?
Vesical appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with vesical
Sounds like: vesicle (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does vesical come from?
From Latin vesica (“bladder”). By surface analysis, vesic- + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).