Middle English Dictionary Entry
vēsī̆c(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vēsī̆c(e n. Also visic(e. |
| Etymology | L vēsīca, vessīca. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The urinary bladder;
(b) a blister;—also coll.; ?also, the process or condition of blistering.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)73/498 : Passions of þe vesyce…are…stranguria, flegmon…& paralisis.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)1.134/18 : Þe vesic [L vesica]…is a receptorie…of þe superfluitee of þe vrine.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)1.136/24 : Þe matrix…is an organe susceptiue…Þe site of which is a-tuyx þe vesic [Ch.(2): bledder] & þe longaon.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.169/13 : In Tympanite þe materie is broȝt oute bi þe wombe and bi þe vesic [vrr. visic, visice], after þat it is said of aschite.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)118a/a-118a/b : Akynges & vesic folweþ…brynnyngez; Akyngz for yuel complexioun, vesic for firy hete…draweþ…humyditeez to þe skyn…þai raise þe selfe skyn & makeþ vesic & aquose inflammacionz.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)164a/b : Corrosyuez…þat maken vesices, i. blisterez…bene put in placez intercutaniez, i. atuyx skynnez.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.122/1 : Of bothorez & of vesices [vrr. vesic, visices] it is commaunded þat þai be resolued…wiþ þe same þinges.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. vesike.