vesication Med.
(vɛsɪˈkeɪʃən)
[ad. mod.L. vesicatio, noun of action from vesicare: see prec. So F. vésication (16th cent.), Pg. vesica{chook}āo, Sp. vejigacion. Cf. vesiculation.]
1. The result of blistering or of rising in blisters; a blister or group of these.
| 1543 Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. ii. xi. 25 This..appayseth the paine, and purgeth the vesication or bladerynge and inflation. 1676 Wiseman Surg. Treat. i. iii. 23, I applied a Pledgit of basilicon upon it, and dressed the Vesications with unguent. tutiæ. 1720 Quincy tr. Hodges' Loimologia 110 Those poisonous Vesications called Blains. 1769 E. Bancroft Guiana 105 These leaves are also applied to vesications, to promote a copious discharge. 1785 C. Kite in Med. Commun. II. 47 A small vesication appeared on the navel. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflam. 595 The early opening of the vesications will..not occasion pain. 1861 Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iv. i. 236 The stinging apparatus of the Medusæ..may even give rise to vesications. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 466 In exceptional cases vesications are produced. |
2. The formation or development of blisters; the action or fact of blistering.
| 1753 Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 325 An enlargement of the eyelids, and vesication of the tunica conjunctiva. 1807 Med. Jrnl. XVII. 320 A complete vesication had taken place over the whole extent of the metatarsal bones. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. vii. 85 They have no hesitation in applying a large blister, leaving it on until it produces full vesication. 1864 Garrod Mat. Med. (ed. 2) 335 Vesication is also made use of on account of its revulsive action in internal congestions, as of the head, &c. |