vesiculo-
(vɪˈsɪkjʊləʊ)
combining form, on Greek models, of vesicula, occurring in a few terms referring to vesicles in connexion with some part or thing denoted by the second element, as vesiculo-bronchial, vesiculo-spinal, vesiculo-tympanitic; veˌsiculo-ˈbullous a., characterized by or involving both vesicles and bullæ; veˌsiculo-ˈpustular a., characterized by or involving both vesicles and pustules.
| 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 98 Mingled with this diminished dulness and with the ‘vesiculo-bronchial’ breathing,..may be heard an adventitious murmur. |
| 1923 R. W. MacKenna Dis. Skin xii. 250 In every well-marked case of Dermatitis herpetiformis it is the vesiculo-bullous lesion which predominates. 1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Oct. 1041/2 Herpes gestationis (HG) is a severely itching, vesiculobullous skin affection. |
| 1911 Stedman Med. Dict. 959/1 Vesiculopustular. 1946 Nature 27 July 119/1 A fully developed vesiculopustular reaction developed at the site of inoculation. 1973 Ibid. 16 Feb. 425/3 There was a prodromal illness of a few days' duration followed by a vesiculopustular rash which was peripheral in distribution. |
| 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 35/2 Ano-spinal and vesiculo⁓spinal centres. |
| 1886 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. II. 82/1 In emphysema a characteristic sound, somewhat less resonant, is heard, which is called vesiculo-tympanitic. |